Airline Flight Suspensions Due to Middle East Conflict

(Reuters) – Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected airspace.

Airlines that cancelled services to and from the region:

AEGEAN AIRLINES

• The Greek airline has cancelled flights to and from Beirut until Dec. 17 and to and from Tel Aviv until Dec. 2.

AIR ALGERIE

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

AIRBALTIC

• Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Nov. 30.

AIR FRANCE-KLM

• Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until Nov. 12 and Paris-Beirut flights until Nov. 30.
• KLM has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year at least.
• Transavia, the group's low-cost unit, has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Amman, and Beirut until end-March.

AIR INDIA

• The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.

BULGARIA AIR

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

CATHAY PACIFIC

• Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025.

CORENDON AIRLINES

• The Turkish airline cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until January.

DELTA AIR LINES

• The U.S. carrier has paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through March 2025.

EASYJET

• The UK budget airline has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until March.

EGYPTAIR

• The Egyptian carrier suspended flights to Beirut until "the situation stabilises" in September.

EMIRATES

• UAE's state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut and Baghdad until Nov. 30.

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES

• The Ethiopian carrier has suspended flights to Beirut until further notice, as stated in a Facebook post on Oct. 4.

FLYDUBAI

• Flights between Dubai and Beirut remain suspended, while flights to Iraq and Iran are operating, a spokesperson said on Oct. 30.

IAG

• IAG-owned British Airways has suspended their flights to Tel Aviv until the end of March 2025.
• IAG's subsidiary Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Nov. 30, while Vueling has cancelled operations to Tel Aviv until Jan. 12 and to Amman until further notice.

IRAN AIR

• The Iranian airline has cancelled flights to Beirut until further notice.

IRAQI AIRWAYS

• The Iraqi national carrier has suspended flights to Beirut until further notice.

ITA AIRWAYS

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

LOT

• The Polish carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Nov. 11. Its first scheduled flight to Beirut is planned for April 1.

LUFTHANSA GROUP

• The German airline group has extended the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until Nov. 25, while its low-cost carrier Eurowings has suspended them until Nov. 30. Flights for Tehran are cancelled until Jan. 31, 2025, and to Beirut until Feb. 28.
• Swiss, part of Lufthansa Group, has cancelled flights to Beirut until Jan. 18.
• SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has suspended flights to Beirut through Dec. 17.

PEGASUS

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

QATAR AIRWAYS

• The Qatari airline has temporarily suspended flights to and from Iran and Lebanon.

RYANAIR

• Europe's biggest budget airline has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until the end of December. Group CEO Michael O'Leary noted that the suspension may be extended until the end of March.

SUNDAIR

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

TAROM

• Romania's flag carrier has suspended Beirut flights until Nov. 15.

UNITED AIRLINES

• The Chicago-based airline has 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.