Factbox: Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise

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01/10/2024 10:13

(Repeats story first published on 1 Oct with a digital headline)
       Oct 1 (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 adjusted services
to and from the region:
     
    AEGEAN AIRLINES  AGNr.AT 
The Greek airline cancelled flights to and from Beirut until
Oct. 31 and to and from Tel Aviv until Oct. 6.
     
    AIR ALGERIE
The Algerian airline suspended flights to and from Lebanon until
further notice.
     
    AIRBALTIC
Latvia's airBaltic cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until
Oct. 31.
     
    AIR EUROPA
The Spanish airline cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 2.
     
    AIR FRANCE-KLM  AIRF.PA 
Air France on Sept. 30 suspended Paris-Tel Aviv and Paris-Beirut
flights until Oct. 8.
KLM has cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until Oct.
26. 
The Franco-Dutch group's low-cost unit Transavia cancelled
flights to and from Tel Aviv until March 31, 2025, and flights
to Amman and Beirut until Nov. 3.
     
    AIR INDIA
The Indian flag carrier suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv
until further notice.
     
    BULGARIA AIR
The Bulgarian carrier cancelled flights to and from Israel until
Oct. 15.
     
    CATHAY PACIFIC  0293.HK 
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv
until March 27, 2025.
     
    DELTA AIR LINES  DAL.N  
The U.S. carrier paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv
through Dec. 31.
     
    EASYJET  EZJ.L 
    The UK budget airline stopped flying to and from Tel Aviv in
April and will resume flights on March 30, 2025, a spokesperson
said.
     
    EMIRATES
UAE's state-owned airline cancelled flights between Dubai and
Beirut until Oct. 8.
     
    FLYDUBAI
The Emirati airline on Sept. 30 cancelled Dubai-Beirut flights
until Oct. 7.
     
    IAG  ICAG.L 
    IAG-owned British Airways cancelled flights to and from Tel
Aviv through Oct. 7, the airline said in an e-mailed comment.
    Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling cancelled operations to Tel
Aviv until Jan. 12, 2025, while flights to Amman were cancelled
until further notice.
     
    IRAN AIR
The Iranian airline cancelled all flights to Beirut until
further notice, a company spokesman told local media including
the Tasnim news agency on Sept. 28.
     
    IRAQI AIRWAYS
The Iraqi national carrier suspended flights to and from Beirut
until further notice, Iraq's transportation ministry said on
Sept. 27.
     
    ITA AIRWAYS
Italy's ITA Airways extended the suspension of Tel Aviv flights
through Oct. 31.
     
    LOT
    The Polish flag carrier suspended flights to Lebanon until
further notice, it said in an emailed comment on Sept. 20.
     
    LUFTHANSA GROUP  LHAG.DE 
The German airline group suspended all connections to Tel Aviv
and Tehran until Oct. 14. After this period, Lufthansa Airlines
will keep flights to Tehran suspended until Oct. 26, in addition
to the previously announced suspension of Beirut flights until
the same date.
    SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish
Airlines  THYAO.IS , suspended flights to Beirut through Dec.
17.
     
    PEGASUS  PGSUS.IS 
    The Turkish airline cancelled flights to Beirut until Oct.
7, a company spokesperson said.
     
    RYANAIR  RYA.I  
Europe's biggest budget airline cancelled flights to and from
Tel Aviv until Oct. 26, citing "operational restrictions."
     
    QATAR AIRWAYS
The Qatari airline temporarily suspended flights to and from
Beirut until further notice.
     
    SUNDAIR
The German airline cancelled Berlin-Beirut and Bremen-Beirut
flights until Oct. 31.
     
    UNITED AIRLINES  UAL.O 
The Chicago-based airline suspended flights to Tel Aviv for the
foreseeable future due to security reasons.
     
    LEBANESE AIRSPACE ALERTS
    Britain advised UK airlines not to enter Lebanese airspace
from Aug. 8 until Nov. 4 citing "potential risk to aviation from
military activity".

(Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Compiled by Tiago Brandao,
Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; Editing by Milla Nissi)
((mailto:Tiago.Brandao@thomsonreuters.com))