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- Concerns over wider conflict prompt major carriers to avoid affected airspace
BEIRUT: 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.
Greece’s Aegean Airlines canceled flights to and from Beirut until Oct. 31 and to and from Tel Aviv until Oct. 13.
Algeria’s Air Algerie suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.
Latvia’s airBaltic canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Oct. 31.
The Spanish airline Air Europa canceled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 14.
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 canceled 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 canceled flights to and from Israel until Oct. 31.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific canceled all flights to Tel Aviv until March 27, 2025.
The US carrier Delta Air Lines paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through Dec. 31.
The UK budget airline Easy Jet stopped flying to and from Tel Aviv in April and will resume flights on March 30, 2025.
Emirates canceled flights to Beirut through Oct. 15 and flights to and from Iran on Oct. 8. It resumed flights to Amman from Oct. 6 and to Iraq from Oct. 8.
flydubai suspended flights between Dubai and Beirut until Oct. 31.
British Airways canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv through Oct. 26.
Iberia Express canceled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 31.
Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling canceled operations to Tel Aviv until Jan. 12, 2025, while flights to Amman were canceled until further notice.
Iran Air canceled all flights to and from Beirut until further notice.
Iraqi Airways suspended flights to Beirut until further notice.
Italy’s ITA Airways extended the suspension of Tel Aviv flights through Oct. 31.
The Polish flag carrier LOT canceled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 26, while its first scheduled flight to Beirut is planned for April 1, 2025.
Germany’s Lufthansa 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 Irbil 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.
The Turkish airline Pegasus canceled flights to Beirut until Oct. 28.
Europe’s biggest budget airline Ryanair canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Oct. 26.
Qatar Airways temporarily suspended flights to and from Iraq, Iran and Lebanon.
The German airline Sundair canceled Berlin-Beirut and Bremen-Beirut flights until Oct. 31.
The Chicago-based United Airlines suspended flights to Tel Aviv for the foreseeable future.
The UK carrier Virgin Atlantic extended its suspension of Tel Aviv flights until the end of March 2025.
The Hungary-based airline Wizz Air suspended flights to and from Israel through Oct. 8.