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Israel-Hezbollah war: Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise

A total of 28 airline companies across the world extended flight suspensions to the Middle East due to escalating tensions, impacting travel schedules

Reuters
Published 23.10.24, 02:55 PM

Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected air space.

Israel has been carrying out an escalating offensive in Lebanon after a year of border clashes with Hezbollah, the most formidably armed of Iran's proxy forces across the Middle East.

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Smoke billows after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, October 22, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel's offensive has driven at least 1.2 million Lebanese from their homes and killed 2,530 people, including at least 63 over the past 24 hours, the Lebanese government said on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the IDF said it had confirmed the killing of Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to its leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in an Israeli attack last month.

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Smoke billows after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, October 23, 2024. (Reuters)
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Amidst recent hostilities in the Middle East here are some of the airlines that have cancelled services to and from the region:

Airbaltic

Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Nov. 30.

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A row of parked airplanes on Amsterdam Airport Schiphol under a gloomy sky. In front a Boeing 737 of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Air France. (Shutterstock)

Air France-KLM

Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until Oct. 29 and Paris-Beirut flights until Nov. 30.

KLM has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year at least.

The Franco-Dutch group's low-cost unit Transavia has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut until end-March.

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Air India's First A350-900 Aircraft Front view displayed at Wings India. (Shutterstock)

Air India

The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.

Bulgaria Air

The Bulgarian carrier has cancelled flights to and from Israel until Oct. 31.

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An Cathay Pacific airplane oon display at the Pima Air and Space musuem, in Tucson, Arizona. (Shutterstock)

Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025.

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Representational image (Shutterstock)

Delta Air Lines

The U.S. carrier has paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through March 2025.

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Smoke billows after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, October 23, 2024. (Reuters)

Easyjet

The UK budget airline has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until March.

Egyptair

The Egyptian carrier in September said it had suspended flights to Beirut until "the situation stabilises".

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Boeing 777-300 Emirates airlines, taxiing to the airport in Prague in the Czech Republic. (Shutterstock)

Emirates

UAE's state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut through Oct. 31 and flights to Baghdad and Tehran until Oct. 30.

FlyDubai

The Emirati airline has suspended Dubai-Beirut flights until Oct. 31, a flydubai spokesperson said.

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British Airways Boeing 777-236(ER) - GVIIO at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida, US. (Shutterstock)

IAG

IAG-owned British Airways has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv through Oct. 26.

IAG's low-cost airline Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 31, while Vueling has cancelled operations to Tel Aviv until Jan. 12 and to Amman until further notice.

Iran Air

The Iranian airline has cancelled Beirut flights until further notice.

Iraqi Airways

The Iraqi national carrier has suspended flights to Beirut until further notice.

ITA Airways

The Italian carrier has extended the suspension of Tel Aviv flights through Nov. 30.

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Airplane Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILF at Swiss Airport Zürich Kloten. (Shutterstock)

Lufthansa Group

The German airline group has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until Nov. 10, while its low cost carrier Eurowings has suspended them until Nov. 30. Flights for Tehran are cancelled until Jan. 31, 2025, and to Beirut until Feb. 28.

SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has suspended flights to Beirut through Dec. 17.

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Aircraft Boeing 777-3DZER (A7-BEN ) of Qatar Airways in the Bandaranaike International Airport. (Shutterstock)

Qatar Airways

The Qatari airline has temporarily suspended flights to and from Iraq, Iran and Lebanon, while flights to Amman will operate during daylight hours only.

RyanAir

Europe's biggest budget airline has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until the end of December. Group CEO Michael O'Leary on Oct. 3 said the suspension was likely to be extended until end-March.

SundAir

The German airline cancelled flights to Beirut from Berlin until Dec. 8, from Bremen until March 26, and from Muenster/Osnabrueck until March 29.

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Protesters burn the Israeli flag during an anti-Israel protest in Tehran, Iran, October 18, 2023. (Reuters)

United Airlines

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

Virgin Atlantic

The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until end-March.

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