Airlines suspend flights as tensions rise in Middle East

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Airlines suspend flights as tensions rise in Middle East

International airlines have suspended flights to the region or decided to avoid affected airspace due to concerns about wider conflict in the Middle East.

Below is a list of some of the airlines that have made adjustments to services to and from the region:

Air Algérie

Algerian airlines have suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.

airBaltic

Latvia’s airBaltic said in an email on Sept. 16 that it plans to resume flights between Riga and Tel Aviv on Sept. 17.

Air France-KLM

Air France said on September 17 that it was suspending its services to Beirut and Tel Aviv until September 19.

KLM has cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until October 26. Transavia, the low-cost arm of the Franco-Dutch group, has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until March 31, 2025, and flights to Amman and Beirut until November 3.

Air India

Indian airlines have postponed all their scheduled flights to and from Tel Aviv till further notice.

Cathay Pacific

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

Delta Air Lines

The US airlines company said it would suspend its flights between New York and Tel Aviv until December 31.

Easyjet

The British budget airline stopped flying to Tel Aviv in April and will resume flights on March 30, 2025, the spokesperson said.

IAG

IAG-owned Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has suspended its operations to Tel Aviv until January 12, 2025, it said in an email. The airline further said flights to Amman have been cancelled until further notice.

Very

The Polish flag carrier said in an emailed comment on Sept. 10 that it has suspended flights to Lebanon until further notice, while flights to Tel Aviv are now operating regularly.

Lufthansa Group

The German airline group said on September 17 that it was suspending all flights to Tel Aviv and Tehran until September 19. The airline resumed flights to Tel Aviv on September 5, while flights to Beirut will remain suspended until September 30.

Swiss International Air Lines, another Lufthansa group company, said separately it had suspended flights to Beirut until the end of October.

Ryanair

Europe’s largest budget airline cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until October 26, citing “operational restrictions”.

Sundrier

The German airline cancelled all flights between Bremen and Beirut until 23 October.

sunexpress

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

United Airlines

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

Lebanese airspace alert

Britain advised British airlines not to enter Lebanese airspace from 8 August to 4 November, citing “the potential threat to aviation from military activity”.

(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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