U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites could heighten the threat to American operators in the region, an organisation that monitors flight risks warned on Sunday, as some airlines cancelled flights to and from Dubai and Doha.

According to FlightRadar24, commercial aircraft have been rerouting to bypass Iranian, Iraqi, Syrian, and Israeli airspace, instead flying over safer corridors like the Caspian Sea to the north or Egypt and Saudi Arabia to the south.

Global air traffic has been disrupted following Israel’s strikes on Iran Friday, with several major airlines suspending flights to and from locations in the Middle East and rerouting their planes to avoid much of the region’s airspace.