FACTBOX-Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise

Reuters
2024-10-07

(Updates Air Europa, Emirates, British Airways under IAG and Qatar Airways; adds Virgin Atlantic)

Oct 7 (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 adjusted services to and from the region:

AEGEAN 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.

AIRBALTIC 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 suspended Paris-Tel Aviv and Paris-Beirut flights until Oct. 8. 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 AIR LINES The U.S. carrier paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through Dec. 31.

EASYJET

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. Flights to and from Iraq and Iran were cancelled until Oct. 7, while it resumed services to Amman from Oct. 6.

FLYDUBAI The Emirati airline said flights to Iran, Iraq, Israel and Jordan would resume from Oct. 4. Dubai-Beirut flights were cancelled until Oct. 7.

IAG

IAG-owned British Airways cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv through Oct. 26.

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 have been suspended through Oct. 26. Flights to Beirut will be 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. 7.

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.

(Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Compiled by Tiago Brandao, Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Milla Nissi)

((mailto:Tiago.Brandao@thomsonreuters.com))

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