Info: Airlines suspend flights as tensions rise in Middle East

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(Reuters) – Fears of an escalating conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or avoid some airspace.

Below are some of the airlines that have changed their services to and from the area:

* Algerian airlines

Air Algerie has suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.

* Indian Airlines

Air India has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until August 8.

* Air France and KLM

Air France extended the suspension of its flights between Paris and Beirut until August 11.

Its Dutch arm, KLM, suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv from early August until October 26.

* Delta Airlines

Delna Airlines extended the ban on flights between New York and Tel Aviv until August 31.

* EasyJet

A spokesman for easyJet said the British low-cost airline suspended its flights to and from Tel Aviv in April, and will resume on March 30, 2025.

* Italian Airlines (ETA)

Italian Airlines (ETA) has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until August 10.

* Lufthansa

The Lufthansa Airlines Group 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 until August 13. .

Swissair, a unit of the Lufthansa Group, extended the ban on its flights to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut until August 13, avoiding airspace over Israel, Iran and Iraq until then.

* Royal Jordan

Royal Jordanian resumed its flights to the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on August 8, after suspending them since July 29.

*Ryanair

Europe’s largest low-cost airline has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until August 23.

* Singapore Airlines

The Singaporean airline has stopped flying over Iranian airspace and is using other routes.

* United Airlines

US-based United Airlines said flights to Tel Aviv, which were temporarily suspended on July 31, remain suspended.

* Lebanese airspace alert

Britain advised UK airlines not to enter Lebanese airspace from August 8 to November 4, citing “potential danger to aircraft from military activity.” “