Factbox: Airlines cautiously return to Middle East

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29/01/2025 13:14

(Updates resumptions from Delta Air Lines and Emirates)
       Jan 29 (Reuters) - Concerns about conflict in the Middle
East have prompted airlines to suspend flights to the region,
but with the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in place, some
are cautiously resuming their services.
    Below are some of the airlines that have suspended services
and those that have recently begun resuming them:

    AEGEAN AIRLINES  AGNr.AT 
    The Greek airline in August cancelled flights to and from
Beirut until March 29.

    AIR ALGERIE
    The Algerian airline has suspended flights to and from
Lebanon until further notice, it said on Aug. 1.

    AIRBALTIC
    Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel
Aviv until Feb. 28. It announced the suspension in late
September.
    
    AIR FRANCE-KLM  AIRF.PA 
    Air France began gradually resuming flights between
Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv from Jan. 25. It said on
Jan. 21 it expected to resume services between Paris and Beirut
in the coming weeks.
    Low cost unit Transavia France resumed flights between
Paris-Orly and Tel Aviv on Jan. 28 and plans to restart those
between Paris and Beirut "as soon as possible", Air France said.
    KLM has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until end-March 2025.
    Transavia Netherlands has said it will not fly to Lebanon
and Jordan until at least the end of March, while Tel Aviv
flights have been removed from schedule until further notice.
    
    AIR INDIA
    The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from
Tel Aviv until further notice, it said on Aug. 12.

    CATHAY PACIFIC  0293.HK 
    Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel
Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025. It suspended its flights to Israel in
August.

    CORENDON AIRLINES
    The Turkish airline has cancelled flights to and from Tel
Aviv until January.

    DELTA AIR LINES  DAL.N 
    The U.S. carrier said on Jan. 23 it would restart its daily
nonstop service from New York to Tel Aviv on April 1. The
suspension was announced on Sept. 19.

    EASYJET  EZJ.L 
    The UK budget airline plans to resume flights to and from
Tel Aviv from June 1, it confirmed in an emailed statement on
Jan. 21.

    EMIRATES
    UAE's state-owned airline will resume flights to Beirut and
Baghdad on Feb. 1, with a second daily flight to Beirut set to
debut from April 1, it said on Jan. 24. The suspension started
in late September.
    
    FLYDUBAI
        Flights to Beirut remain temporarily suspended, a
flydubai spokesperson said on Dec. 30.

    IAG  ICAG.L 
    IAG-owned British Airways has suspended flights to Tel Aviv
until the end of March 2025.
    IAG's low-cost airline, Iberia Express, has cancelled
flights to Tel Aviv until March 29 while Vueling will keep
operations to and from Tel Aviv suspended throughout the first
quarter of 2025.
    
    IRAN AIR
    The Iranian airline has cancelled Beirut flights until
further notice. The suspension was announced in late September.
    
    ITA AIRWAYS
    The Italian carrier will resume flights between Rome and Tel
Aviv from Feb. 1, initially with one daily flight and from Feb.
16 with an additional nighttime flight, it said on Jan. 20. The
suspension had been in place since Sept. 30.

    LOT
    The Polish carrier plans its first scheduled flight to
Beirut for April 1. It had suspended its flights to Lebanon in
August. 
    
    LUFTHANSA GROUP  LHAG.DE 
    The German airline group will resume flights to and from Tel
Aviv from Feb. 1, it said on Jan. 16. Flights to Tehran are
cancelled until Feb. 14 and to Beirut until Feb. 28.
    SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish
Airlines  THYAO.IS , has suspended flights to Beirut until March
31.
    
    PEGASUS  PGSUS.IS 
        The Turkish airline said on Jan. 2 it was carrying out
Beirut flights during daylight hours from Istanbul and Antalya.
    
    RYANAIR  RYA.I 
    Europe's biggest budget airline plans to operate a full
schedule of flights from Tel Aviv this summer, senior executive
Eddie Wilson said on Jan. 9.
    
    SUNDAIR
    The German airline has cancelled flights between Beirut and
Bremen until March 26. The suspension started on Sept. 23.
    
    TURKISH AIRLINES  THYAO.IS 
    Turkish Airlines has said it will start flights to Damascus
in Syria on Jan. 23.
    
    UNITED AIRLINES  UAL.O 
    The Chicago-based airline confirmed on Dec. 30 that its
flights to Tel Aviv remained suspended. The suspension started
on July 31.

    VIRGIN ATLANTIC
    The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until the end
of March. The suspension has been in place since September.
    
    WIZZ AIR  WIZZ.L 
    The Hungary-based airline has resumed flights to Tel Aviv
and Amman as of Jan. 16.

 (Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Compiled by Tiago Brandao,
Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; editing by Jason Neely,
Jonathan Oatis, Kevin Liffey and Milla Nissi)
 ((Tiago.Brandao@thomsonreuters.com))