Factbox: Airlines suspend Israel flights amid Gaza war
09/10/2023 12:53
(Adds more airlines)
Oct 9 (Reuters) - Several international airlines have
suspended flight services with Tel Aviv after the surprise
attack by Hamas militants on Israel over the weekend, impacting
hundreds of flights.
Here are airlines that have temporarily halted flights to
and from Israel:
AFRICA
Royal Air Maroc
cancelled flights
to and from Tel Aviv on Saturday and Sunday.
AMERICAS
On Sunday, U.S. carriers United Airlines UAL.O , Delta Air
Lines DAL.N and American Airlines AAL.O suspended direct
flights to Tel Aviv.
United ran two flights to the U.S. from Israel late on
Saturday and early on Sunday but then suspended services "until
conditions allow them to resume".
Air Canada
cancelled flights
to and from Tel Aviv on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
ASIA
Hainan Airlines 600221.SS , the only Chinese airline to fly
between China and Israel, cancelled flights between Tel Aviv and
Shanghai on Monday.
Cathay Pacific 0293.HK cancelled its Tuesday and Thursday
flights between Hong Kong and Tel Aviv and said it would provide
further updates regarding its next scheduled service.
Korean Air 003490.KS cancelled its Monday flight between
Incheon and Tel Aviv, and expects future flights to be
irregular.
EUROPE
All airlines owned by Germany's Lufthansa LHAG.DE
cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv through Monday.
Britain's easyJet EZJ.L halted flights with Tel Aviv on
Sunday and Monday, and said it would adjust the timing of
flights in the next few days.
Air France KLM AIRF.PA and Finland's Finnair FIA1S.HE
suspended flights without providing a time frame.
Hungarian Wizz Air WIZZ.L said on Monday its flights to
and from Tel Aviv were cancelled until further notice.
Portugal's TAP cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv
scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
Spain's Iberia Express cancelled both its flights between
Madrid and Tel Aviv on Saturday, and said it would maintain just
one daily flight to Tel Aviv from Monday.
Virgin Atlantic said some of its flights to and from the
Israeli capital may face delays or cancellations.
Italy's ITA flights to and from Tel Aviv
have been canceled
until Oct. 10.
LOT Polish Airlines
said
flights from Tel Aviv in the upcoming days may be delayed
or cancelled.
Aegean Airlines AGNr.AT is
canceling
all flights to and from Ben Gurion Airport until Tuesday.
Austrian Airlines has
cancelled
all its flights to and from Israel through Monday.
Brussels Airlines
said
it has cancelled all flights to and from Israel through
Monday.
Transavia France cancelled two flights on Monday and
said
it was not yet known what this meant for flights from Oct.
10.
Swiss International Airlines
cancelled
all flights to and from Israel through Monday, and said
decisions on the upcoming flight schedule will be made early
this week.
Bulgaria Air
cancelled
a return flight to Tel Aviv on Monday and Tuesday. It said
that a flight to and from Tel Aviv on Thursday is scheduled to
operate as planned.
Air Malta cancelled two return trips on Monday and
Wednesday, adding
on its website
it will continually adjust its operations as needed.
Icelandair ICEAIR.IC
said on Sunday
that the last three scheduled flights to Tel Aviv have been
cancelled.
MIDDLE EAST
An Etihad Airways flight between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv on
Monday has been cancelled, the airline said on its website.
Gulf Air said
on its website
all flights to Tel Aviv are cancelled until Oct. 14.
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(Compiled by Alessandro Parodi on Gdansk; editing by Milla
Nissi and Bernadette Baum)
((Alessandro.Parodi@thomsonreuters.com;))