{"id":2000103655,"date":"2026-02-28T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000103655"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:03:42","slug":"rwandair-suspends-flights-to-and-from-doha-amid-rising-middle-east-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandair-suspends-flights-to-and-from-doha-amid-rising-middle-east-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"RwandAir suspends flights to and from Doha amid rising Middle East tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The announcement, made on February 28, 2026, follows <a href=\"https:\/\/en.igihe.com\/politics-48\/article\/middle-east-tensions-escalate-as-iran-and-israel-trade-threats-after-strikes-on-tehran\">a major strike <\/a>by Israel and the United States on Iran, dubbed \u201cOperation Roaring Lion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RwandAir said passenger and crew safety remains its top priority and urged affected passengers to reschedule their flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c We are closely monitoring the situation and will provide further updates as more information becomes available. Affected passengers may reschedule their tickets for a later date,\u201d reads a statement shared on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Iran began retaliating, several neighboring countries; including Qatar, Kuwait, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates,closed their airspace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RwandAir has temporarily suspended flights WB300\/WB303 and WB304\/WB305 to and from Doha and Dubai due to escalating security risks in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000103656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[151,72],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000103655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-62","tag-editors-choice","tag-featured-news-home","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000103656,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rwandair_1-2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1200,"height":800,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rwandair_1-2.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rwandair_1-2.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rwandair_1-2.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rwandair_1-2.jpg","width":1024,"height":683},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rwandair_1-2.jpg","width":1200,"height":800}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000103655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000103658,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103655\/revisions\/2000103658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000103656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000103655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000103655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000103655"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000103655"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000103655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}