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Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions increase

Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have triggered international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to prevent affected air area.

Below are a few of the airlines that have cancelled services to and from the area:

AEGEAN AIRLINES

The Greek airline has cancelled flights to and from Beirut till Dec. 17 and to and from Tel Aviv till Nov. 12.

AIR ALGERIE

The Algerian airline company has suspended flights to and from Lebanon up until further notice.

AIRBALTIC

Latvia's airBaltic has actually cancelled flights to and from Tel . Aviv up until Nov. 30. AIR FRANCE-KLM Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv. flights up until Oct. 29 and Paris-Beirut flights up until Nov. 30.

KLM has actually extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv up until. completion of the year at least.

The Franco-Dutch group's inexpensive system Transavia has. cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut up until. end-March.

AIR INDIA

The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from. Tel Aviv till further notification.

BULGARIA AIR

The Bulgarian carrier has actually cancelled flights to and from. Israel until Dec. 23.

CATHAY PACIFIC

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has actually cancelled flights to Tel . Aviv till

Oct. 25, 2025. CORENDON AIRLINES The Turkish airline cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv. till January.

DELTA AIR LINES

The U.S. provider has actually stopped briefly flights between New York and Tel . Aviv through March 2025.

EASYJET

The UK spending plan airline company has actually suspended flights to and from Tel . Aviv until March.

EGYPTAIR

The Egyptian carrier in September said it had actually suspended. flights to Beirut up until the circumstance stabilises.

EMIRATES

UAE's state-owned airline has actually cancelled flights to Beirut. through Oct. 31 and flights to Baghdad and Tehran until Oct. 30.

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES

The Ethiopian provider has actually suspended flights to Beirut until. further notice, it stated in a Facebook post on Oct. 4.

FLYDUBAI

The Emirati airline company has actually suspended Dubai-Beirut flights till. Oct. 31, a flydubai spokesperson said.

IAG

IAG-owned British Airways has suspended their flights to Tel . Aviv till completion of March 2025.

IAG's low-cost airline company Iberia Express has cancelled flights. to Tel Aviv until Oct. 31, while Vueling has actually cancelled. operations to Tel Aviv until Jan. 12 and to Amman up until even more. notice.

IRAN AIR

The Iranian airline company has cancelled Beirut flights until. even more see.

IRAQI AIRWAYS

The Iraqi nationwide provider has actually suspended flights to Beirut. until more notice.

ITA AIRWAYS

The Italian carrier has actually extended the suspension of Tel Aviv. flights through Nov. 30.

LOT

The Polish flag provider has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv. till Nov. 11. Its very first arranged flight to Beirut is prepared. for April 1.

LUFTHANSA GROUP

The German airline company group has actually extended the suspension of its. flights to Tel Aviv up until Nov. 25, while its low cost provider. Eurowings has suspended them till Nov. 30. Flights for Tehran. are cancelled till Jan. 31, 2025, and to Beirut up until Feb. 28.

SWISS, part of Lufthansa Group, has cancelled flights to. Beirut up until Jan. 18.

SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish. Airline companies, has actually suspended flights to Beirut through. Dec. 17.

PEGASUS

The Turkish airline company has cancelled flights to Beirut until. Nov. 15.

QATAR AIRWAYS

The Qatari airline has actually briefly suspended flights to and. from Iran and Lebanon, while flights to Jordan and Iraq will. run during daylight hours only.

RYANAIR

Europe's most significant budget plan airline has cancelled flights to and. from Tel Aviv up until completion of December. Group CEO Michael. O'Leary on Oct. 3 said the suspension was most likely to be extended. till end-March.

SUNDAIR

The German airline company cancelled flights to Beirut from Berlin. up until Dec. 8, from Bremen until March 26, and from. Muenster/Osnabrueck up until March 29.

TAROM

Romania's flag provider has suspended Beirut flights up until. Nov. 15.

UNITED AIRLINES

The Chicago-based airline company has actually suspended flights to Tel Aviv. for the foreseeable future.

VIRGIN ATLANTIC

The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until. end-March.

WIZZ AIR

The Hungary-based airline has suspended Tel Aviv flights. through Jan. 14.

(source: Reuters)