FACTBOX-Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise

Reuters12-20 21:52

(Updates Emirates, SunExpress, TAROM and Wizz Air)

Dec 20 (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 cancelled services to and from the region:

AEGEAN AIRLINES

The Greek airline has cancelled flights to and from Beirut until March 29 and to and from Tel Aviv until Dec. 9. From Dec. 10, some flights to and from Tel Aviv will operate as normal.

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 Jan. 28.

AIR FRANCE-KLM

Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until Dec. 31 and Paris-Beirut flights until Jan. 5.

KLM has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year at least.

The group's low-cost unit Transavia 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

EasyJet will not rush to resume flights to Tel Aviv after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, its incoming CEO said on Nov. 27. The UK budget airline had previously suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until March.

EMIRATES

UAE's state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut and to Baghdad until Dec. 31.

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES

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

FLYDUBAI

Flights to Beirut are currently suspended, a flydubai spokesperson said on Nov. 28.

IAG

IAG-owned British Airways has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until the end of March 2025.

IAG's Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has cancelled operations to Tel Aviv and to Amman until at least early 2025.

IRAN AIR

The Iranian airline has cancelled Beirut flights 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 Jan. 31.

LOT

The Polish carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Dec. 20. 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 Jan. 31.

Flights for Tehran are cancelled until Jan. 31 and for Beirut until Feb. 28.

SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines , has suspended flights to Beirut until March 31.

PEGASUS

The Turkish airline has cancelled flights to Beirut until Jan. 1.

RYANAIR

Europe's biggest budget airline does not plan on resuming operations to Israel until March 31 at the earliest, while a decision to resume operations to and from Jordan from December is under discussion, a Ryanair spokesperson said on Nov. 27.

SUNDAIR

The German airline has cancelled flights between Beirut and Bremen until March 26 and between Beirut and Muenster/Osnabrueck until March 29.

TAROM

Romania's flag carrier will resume flights to Beirut on Dec. 27.

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, except for flights from Larnaca to Tel Aviv which are set to restart on Dec. 20.

(Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Compiled by Tiago Brandao, Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; editing by Milla Nissi, Jason Neely and Jonathan Oatis)

((Tiago.Brandao@thomsonreuters.com))

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