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Add as preferred source on Google(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.
(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:
The Greek airline has cancelled flights to and from Beirut until Dec. 17 and to and from Tel Aviv until Dec. 2.
The Algerian airline has suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.
Latvia’s airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Dec. 21.
Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until Dec. 3 and Paris-Beirut flights until Jan. 5.
KLM has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year at least.
The group’s low-cost unit Transavia has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut until end-March.
The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.
The Bulgarian carrier has cancelled flights to and from Israel until Dec. 23.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025.
The Turkish airline cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until January.
The U.S. carrier has paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through March 2025.
The UK budget airline has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until March.
The Egyptian carrier in September said it had suspended flights to Beirut until “the situation stabilises”.
UAE’s state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut and Baghdad until Nov. 30.
The Ethiopian carrier has suspended flights to Beirut until further notice, it said in a Facebook post on Oct. 4.
FLYDUBAI
Flights between Dubai and Beirut remain suspended, while flights to Iraq and Iran are operating, a flydubai spokesperson said on Oct. 30.
IAG-owned British Airways has suspended their flights to Tel Aviv until the end of March 2025.
IAG’s low-cost airline Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Nov. 30, while Vueling has cancelled operations to Tel Aviv until Jan. 12 and to Amman until further notice.
The Iranian airline has cancelled Beirut flights until further notice.
The Iraqi national carrier has suspended flights to Beirut until further notice.
The Italian carrier has extended the suspension of Tel Aviv flights through Jan. 12.
The Polish carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Dec. 9. Its first scheduled flight to Beirut is planned for April 1.
The German airline group has extended the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until Dec. 31. Swiss, part of the group, said it would not fly to and from Tel Aviv until Dec. 15.
Flights for Tehran are cancelled until Jan. 31, 2025, and to Beirut until Feb. 28. Swiss has cancelled flights to Beirut until Jan. 18.
SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has suspended flights to Beirut through Dec. 17.
The Turkish airline has cancelled flights to Beirut until Nov. 30.
The Qatari airline has temporarily suspended flights to and from Iran and Lebanon.
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.
The German airline cancelled flights to Beirut from Berlin until Feb. 28, from Bremen until March 26, and from Muenster/Osnabrueck until March 29.
Romania’s flag carrier has suspended Beirut flights until Nov. 15.
The Chicago-based airline has suspended flights to Tel Aviv for the foreseeable future.
The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until end-March.
The Hungary-based airline has suspended Tel Aviv flights through Jan. 14.
(Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Compiled by Tiago Brandao, Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; editing by Milla Nissi and Jason Neely)
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