Airlines suspend flights amid rising tensions in the Middle East – 03/09/2024 at 15:44

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(Updates airBaltic, ITA and Lufthansa)

Fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or avoid affected airspace.

Here are some of the airlines that have modified their services to and from the region:

AIR ALGERIA

The Algerian company has suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.

AIRBALTIC

Latvian airline airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until September 15, according to the flights available on its website.

AIR FRANCE-KLM AIRF.PA

KLM has cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until October 26.

Air France resumed flights on August 27, according to flight status information available on its website.

Transavia, the low-cost subsidiary of the Franco-Dutch group, has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until March 31, 2025, as well as flights to Amman and Beirut until November 3.

AIR INDIA

India’s national carrier has suspended scheduled flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.

CATHAY PACIFIC 0293.HK

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until March 27, 2025.

DELTA AIR LINES DAL.N

The American company has suspended its flights between New York and Tel Aviv until October 31.

EASYJET EZJ.L

The British budget airline suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv in April and will resume them on March 30, 2025, a spokesperson said.

IAG ICAG.L

Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv and Amman until October 26.

ITA AIRWAYS

Italian airline ITA Airways has extended the suspension of its flights to and from Tel Aviv until September 4 inclusive.

BATCH

The Polish airline has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until September 4 and to Beirut until September 2.

LUFTHANSA GROUP LHAG.DE

The German airline group, which includes carriers such as Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, extended its suspension of flights to Tel Aviv and Tehran until September 4, with flights to Beirut suspended until September 30. It resumed flights to Amman and Erbil from August 27.

Lufthansa will resume flights to Tel Aviv from September 5; flights to Beirut will remain suspended until September 30 inclusive.

Swiss International Air Lines, also part of the Lufthansa Group, said separately that it had suspended flights to Beirut until the end of October.

RYANAIR RYA.I

Europe’s largest budget airline has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until September 30, citing “operational restrictions”.

SUNEXPRESS

SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines THYAO.IS and Lufthansa LHAG.DE , has suspended flights to Beirut until December 17.

UNITED AIRLINES UAL.O

The Chicago-based airline has suspended flights to Tel Aviv for the foreseeable future due to safety concerns.

ALERTS ON LEBANESE AIRSPACE

Britain has advised British airlines against entering Lebanese airspace between August 8 and November 4, citing a “potential risk to aviation from military activity”.

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