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Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise
Oct 23, 2024 1:13 AM

(Updates Lufthansa)

Oct 22 (Reuters) - 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.

Below are some of the airlines that have cancelled services

to and from the region:

AEGEAN AIRLINES

The Greek airline has cancelled flights to and from Beirut

until Nov. 6 and to and from Tel Aviv until Nov. 5.

AIR ALGERIE

The Algerian airline has suspended flights to and from

Lebanon until further notice.

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 ( DAL )

The U.S. carrier has paused flights between New York and Tel

Aviv through March 2025.

EASYJET ( EJTTF )

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.

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES

The Ethiopian carrier has suspended flights to Beirut until

further notice, it said in a Facebook post on Oct. 4.

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.

LOT

The Polish flag carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv

until Oct. 26. Its first scheduled flight to Beirut is planned

for April 1.

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.

PEGASUS

The Turkish airline has cancelled flights to Beirut until

Oct. 28.

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.

TAROM

Romania's flag carrier has suspended Beirut flights until

Nov. 15.

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.

WIZZ AIR ( WZZAF )

The Hungary-based airline has suspended Tel Aviv flights

through Jan. 14.

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