(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:
AIR ALGERIE
The Algerian airline temporarily suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.
AIR INDIA
The Indian flag carrier suspended scheduled flights to and from Tel Aviv through Aug. 8.
AIR FRANCE-KLM
Air France has extended its suspension of flights between Paris and Beirut until Aug. 11.
Its Dutch arm KLM, from early in August, cancelled all its flights to and from Tel Aviv until Oct. 26.
DELTA AIR LINES
The carrier has extended a suspension of flights between New York and Tel Aviv until Aug. 31.
EASYJET
UK’s budget airline stopped flying to and from Tel Aviv in April, and will resume flights on March 30, 2025, a spokesperson said.
ITA AIRWAYS
Italy’s ITA Airways has extended the suspension of its flights to and from Tel Aviv through Aug. 10.
LUFTHANSA
The German airline has extended its avoidance of Iranian and Iraqi airspace and said it would suspend flights to and from Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman and the Iraqi city of Erbil through Aug. 13.
Swiss Air Lines, a unit of Lufthansa Group, extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut until Aug. 13, avoiding airspace over Israel, Iran and Iraq until then.
ROYAL JORDANIAN
Jordan’s flag carrier resumed flights to the Lebanese capital Beirut beginning Aug. 8. They had been suspended since July 29.
RYANAIR
Europe’s biggest budget airline cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Aug. 23.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
The airline stopped flying over Iranian airspace and is using alternative routes.
UNITED AIRLINES
The U.S.-based carrier said flights to Tel Aviv, which were paused on July 31, remain suspended.
LEBANESE AIRSPACE ALERTS
Britain advised UK airlines not to enter Lebanese airspace from Aug. 8 until Nov. 4 citing “potential risk to aviation from military activity.”
(Reporting by Reuters bureaus, compiled by Tiago Brandao, Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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