Many foreign airlines reluctant to resume Israel flights

Ben Gurion Airport  credit: Shutterstock
Ben Gurion Airport credit: Shutterstock

Lufthansa Group, including Lufthansa itself, Swiss and Austrian Airlines, has extended its Tel Aviv flight cancellations until August 21.

With the threat of an Iranian attack on Israel still potentially imminent and concerns of an escalation of hostilities with Hezbollah, many foreign airlines are reluctant to resume Israel flights.

Lufthansa Group including Lufthansa itself, Swiss and Austrian Airlines has extended its Tel Aviv flight cancellations until August 21 (inclusive). Aegean and Air Baltic have canceled flights until August 18, LOT and Tarom until August 16, and Ryanair until August 26 (inclusive). Delta Air Lines has canceled all flights in August.

United Airlines, Air India, Air Canada, Vueling, American Airlines, and Korea Air have canceled all flights until the end of October.

easyJet, Turkish Airlines and Cathay Pacific have suspended flights until March 2025.

El Al is flying a full schedule and has even added flights to its Athens and Larnaca routes to help ferry home Israelis stranded abroad. Its Sun D’Or unit has had to adapt its schedule using KlasJet charter planes to add a stop in Larnaca so that crews can be changed.

Dozens of airlines are flying to and from Israel as scheduled including British Airways, Air France and Blue Bird. flydubai and Wizz Air which have canceled some flights have now resumed operations to and from Ben Gurion airport, as has Ethiopian Airlines.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on August 12, 2024.

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Ben Gurion Airport  credit: Shutterstock
Ben Gurion Airport credit: Shutterstock
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