(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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