Factbox: Airlines suspend Israel flights

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13/11/2023 16:36

(Updates Royal Air Maroc, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic,
Lufthansa, Ryanair, British Airways, Vueling, ITA, Air Malta)
       Nov 13 (Reuters) - International airlines have suspended
hundreds of flights to and from Tel Aviv, as well as some to
Lebanon and Jordan, in reaction to the Israel-Hamas war.
    Below are airlines that have temporarily halted flights:

    AFRICA
    Royal Air Maroc cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv
through Feb. 1.

    NORTH AMERICA
    American Airlines  AAL.O  temporarily suspended all flights
to and from Tel Aviv through Dec. 4.
    Delta Air Lines  DAL.N  cancelled flights between Tel Aviv
and New York through Nov. 21.
    United Airlines  UAL.O  said on Monday that flights to Tel
Aviv remain suspended until conditions allow them to resume.
    Air Canada  AC.TO  cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv
until further notice, saying it would resume the route "as soon
as the situation stabilises".

    ASIA
    Hainan Airlines  600221.SS , the only Chinese airline to fly
between China and Israel, cancelled flights connecting Beijing
and Shanghai to Tel Aviv from Oct. 12 to Oct. 31. There has been
no further update on its website.
    Cathay Pacific  0293.HK  cancelled flights between Hong Kong
and Tel Aviv up to and including Dec. 31.
    Korean Air  003490.KS  cancelled flight scheduled for Oct. 9
between Incheon and Tel Aviv, and said it expected future
flights to be irregular. There has been no further update on its
website.
    Air Astana  IPO-AIRA.L  cancelled a flight from Almaty to
Tel Aviv on Oct. 8. It later said more flights may be cancelled
if the situation escalates. There has been no further update on
its website.
    Azerbaijan Airlines cancelled flights from Baku to Tel Aviv
and back scheduled for Oct. 10. There has been no further update
on its website.

    EUROPE
    Germany's Lufthansa  LHAG.DE  and its units Swiss, Austrian
and Brussels Airlines cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv
through Dec. 14. It also cancelled flights to Lebanon up to and
including Dec. 14.
    Air France-KLM  AIRF.PA  suspended services to Tel Aviv
"until further notice" and cancelled flights until Nov. 30. Its
Transavia France unit cancelled flights through Dec. 21.
    Ryanair  RYA.I , Europe's largest airline by passenger
numbers, cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv through Jan. 8.
    Hungarian Wizz Air  WIZZ.L  cancelled flights to and from
Tel Aviv until further notice.
    Britain's easyJet  EZJ.L  paused flights with Tel Aviv
through Nov. 30.
    IAG-owned  ICAG.L  British Airways suspended flights to Tel
Aviv up to and including Nov. 21.
    Virgin Atlantic paused flights to and from Tel Aviv until
Nov. 29.
    Norwegian Air  NAS.OL  cancelled flights from Copenhagen and
Stockholm to Tel Aviv and return flights through Dec. 19.
    Finnair  FIA1S.HE  suspended flights to Tel Aviv until March
30, 2024.
    Icelandair  ICEAIR.IC  cancelled remaining flights to Tel
Aviv scheduled for October. There has been no further update on
its website.
    Vueling, also owned by IAG, cancelled all scheduled flights
to or from Tel Aviv until Dec. 10 and to or from Beirut until
Dec. 9. Flights until Nov. 30 were temporarily withdrawn from
sale pending possible changes. Iberia suspended flights to
Israel for the foreseeable future.
    Air Europa, another Spanish airline, cancelled some flights
to Israel scheduled for October and November.
    Portugal's TAP suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv
without providing a timeframe.
    Italy's ITA cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until
Jan. 7.
    Greece's Aegean Airlines  AGNr.AT  has cancelled all flights
to and from Tel Aviv until Nov. 30 and Beirut until Nov. 27.
    Cyprus Airways suspended its Larnaca-Tel Aviv route,
effective Oct. 12.
    Air Malta cancelled several return trips through Nov. 18,
saying it would adjust operations as needed.
    Bulgaria Air cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv
without providing a timeframe.
    Poland's LOT said flights from Tel Aviv may be delayed or
cancelled.

    MIDDLE EAST
    Emirates Airline suspended all flights to and from Tel Aviv
until Nov. 30.
    Turkish Airlines  THYAO.IS  and Pegasus Airlines  PGSUS.IS 
halted flights to Israel until further notice.
    Gulf Air cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv until Nov. 19.
    Etihad Airways resumed scheduled passenger and cargo
services between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv on Oct. 11.

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 (Compiled by Alessandro Parodi and Joao Manuel Mauricio in
Gdansk, additional reporting by Joanna Plucinska; Editing by
Bernadette Baum, Barbara Lewis, Milla Nissi and Alexander Smith)
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