China, Japan and the United Kingdom eased their warnings for travelers to Israel on Friday, after a ceasefire was reached last month with Hezbollah after more of a year of fighting and it seems to be holding up.
The UK has reduced its warnings on the borders with Lebanon and Syria, parts of the West Bank in addition to the Gaza Strip and the border area.
For its part, Japan has moved its warning from level 3 to level 2.
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The Foreign Ministry saw a positive development in these decisions, public broadcaster Kann reported, although it remains unclear how air carriers will react to the easing of restrictions.
British Airways announced in October that the company was suspending all flights to Israel until March 2025.
Same situation at Ryanair, the airline low-costwhich had indicated that it did not plan to resume its connections before April 2025, despite negotiations undertaken on the subject.
Aegean Airlines, for its part, announced that flights to the Jewish state would resume. The Greek carrier announced that it would begin by operating its connections between Tel Aviv on one side and Athens and Larnaca on the other, and that it would subsequently expand the destinations accessible from Ben Gurion Airport – towards of northern Greece and the Greek islands.
Foreign airlines have canceled flights to and from Israel repeatedly over the past year due to the ongoing war in Gaza, tensions with Hezbollah and two missile attacks by Iran. towards Israeli territory, in April and October.
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