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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 adjusted services to and from the region:
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Aegan Airlines
The Greek airline cancelled flights to and from Beirut until Oct 31 and to and from Tel Aviv until Oct 13.
Air Algerie
The Algerian airline suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.
Latvia’s airBaltic cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Oct 31.
Air Europa
The Spanish airline cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct 14.
Air France-KLM
Air France extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until Oct 15 and Paris-Beirut flights until Oct 26.
KLM extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of this year at least.
The Franco-Dutch group’s low-cost unit Transavia cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until March 31, 2025, and flights to Amman and Beirut until Nov. 3.
Air India
The Indian flag carrier suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.
Bulgaria Air
The Bulgarian carrier cancelled flights to and from Israel until Oct 31.
Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until March 27, 2025.
Delta airlines
The U.S. carrier paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through Dec. 31.
Easy Jet
The UK budget airline stopped flying to and from Tel Aviv in April and will resume flights on March 30, 2025.
Emirates
UAE’s state-owned airline cancelled flights to Beirut through Oct 15. It resumed flights to Amman from Oct 6 and to Iraq and Iran from Oct 8.
FlyDubai
The Emirati airline suspended flights between Dubai and Beirut until Oct 31, a flydubai spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement.
IAG
IAG-owned British Airways cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv through Oct 26.
Iberia Express cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct 31, IAG’s low-cost airline said in an e-mailed statement.
Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling cancelled operations to Tel Aviv until Jan. 12, 2025, while flights to Amman were cancelled until further notice.
Iran Air
The Iranian airline cancelled all flights to and from Beirut until further notice.
Iraqi Airways
The Iraqi national carrier suspended flights to Beirut until further notice.
ITA Airways
Italy’s ITA Airways extended the suspension of Tel Aviv flights through Oct 31.
LOT
The Polish flag carrier cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct 26, while its first scheduled flight to Beirut is planned for April 1, 2025.
Lufthansa Group
The German airline group suspended flights to Tel Aviv until Oct 31 while flights to Tehran were suspended through Oct 26.
Flights to Beirut were suspended until Nov. 30.
It will not use Iranian and Iraqi airspace until further notice, aside from a corridor used for flights to and from Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. Israeli airspace will not be used until Oct 31.
SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, suspended flights to Beirut through Dec. 17.
Pegasus
The Turkish airline cancelled flights to Beirut until Oct 28.
RyanAir
Europe’s biggest budget airline cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Oct 26.
Qatar Airways
The Qatari airline temporarily suspended flights to and from Iraq, Iran and Lebanon.
SundAir
The German airline cancelled Berlin-Beirut and Bremen-Beirut flights until Oct 31.
United Airlines
The Chicago-based airline suspended flights to Tel Aviv for the foreseeable future.
Virgin Atlantic
The UK carrier extended its suspension of Tel Aviv flights until the end of March 2025, it said in an e-mailed statement.
Wizz Air
The Hungary-based airline suspended flights to and from Israel through Oct 8.
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First Published: Oct 08 2024 | 12:17 PM IST
