Thursday, 26 December 2024
Thursday, 26 December 2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025.
Delta Air Lines
The U.S. carrier has paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through March 2025.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
