Several airlines have extended the suspension of their flights to Israel. The Dutch company KLM has indicated that it will no longer serve the Hebrew state until the end of the year. “Taking into account the situation in the region, we have decided to extend the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until “at the end of the year,” said KLM spokesperson Elvira van der Vis. The company announced in August that it was suspending flights to Israel until October 26.
Lufthansa has also decided to extend the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until October 31. The company has maintained the interruption of its connections to Tehran until October 14 inclusive. “Due to the current situation, the Lufthansa group is once again adapting its flight schedule,” the leading European airline group said in a press release. Its Swiss subsidiary Swiss, for its part, announced the suspension of its flights to and from Tel Aviv until Thursday October 31 inclusive.
The Lufthansa group, which also includes Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, has changed its flight schedule several times in recent months due to increased tensions in the Middle East, as have other airlines. This new update comes at a time when Israel is conducting a ground and air military operation in Lebanon.
The Air France-KLM group announced Monday evening the suspension of Air France and Transavia flights to Beirut and Tel Aviv from Paris, at least until October 8 inclusive “due to the security situation at the destination”. The resumption of connections with Beirut, suspended on September 18, and with Tel Aviv, which had been relaunched on the 21st after a three-day interruption, “will remain subject to an assessment of the situation on site,” the Air France group specified. -KLM in a press release.
The suspension of flights by Air France and its low-cost subsidiary began after the simultaneous explosion across Lebanon of pagers used by Hezbollah executives and fighters on September 17, an operation that the pro-Iranian group attributed to Israel.
Several airlines have extended the suspension of their flights to Israel. The Dutch airline KLM has indicated that it will no longer serve the Jewish state until the end of the year. “Taking into account the situation in the region, we have decided to extend the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year,” said Elvira van der Vis, spokesperson for…
