Factbox: Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise

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08/10/2024 07:07

(Updates Air France, Emirates, flydubai and Pegasus; adds
Iberia Express under IAG)
       Oct 8 (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. 13.
    
    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. 14.
    
    AIR FRANCE-KLM  AIRF.PA 
Air France extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights
until Oct. 15 and Paris-Beirut flights until Oct. 26.
KLM extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end
of this year at least.
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. 31.
    
    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.
    
    EMIRATES
UAE's state-owned airline cancelled flights to Beirut through
Oct. 15. It resumed flights to Amman from Oct. 6 and to Iraq and
Iran from Oct. 8.
    
    FLYDUBAI
The Emirati airline suspended flights between Dubai and Beirut
until Oct. 31, a flydubai spokesperson said in an e-mailed
statement.
    
    IAG  ICAG.L 
IAG-owned British Airways cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv
through Oct. 26.
    Iberia Express cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 31,
IAG's low-cost airline said in an e-mailed statement.
    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 and from Beirut
until further notice.
    
    IRAQI AIRWAYS
The Iraqi national carrier suspended flights to Beirut until
further notice.
    
    ITA AIRWAYS
Italy's ITA Airways extended the suspension of Tel Aviv flights
through Oct. 31.
    
    LOT
The Polish flag carrier cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct.
26, while its first scheduled flight to Beirut is planned for
April 1, 2025.
    
    LUFTHANSA GROUP  LHAG.DE 
The German airline group suspended flights to Tel Aviv until
Oct. 31 while flights to Tehran were suspended through Oct. 26.
Flights to Beirut were suspended until Nov. 30.
    It will not use Iranian and Iraqi airspace until further
notice, aside from a corridor used for flights to and from Erbil
in Iraqi Kurdistan. Israeli airspace will not be used until Oct.
31.
    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. 28.
    
    RYANAIR  RYA.I  
Europe's biggest budget airline cancelled flights to and from
Tel Aviv until Oct. 26.
    
    QATAR AIRWAYS
The Qatari airline temporarily suspended flights to and from
Iraq, Iran and Lebanon.
    
    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.
    
    VIRGIN ATLANTIC
The UK carrier extended its suspension of Tel Aviv flights until
the end of March 2025, it said in an e-mailed statement.
    
    WIZZ AIR  WIZZ.L 
The Hungary-based airline suspended flights to and from Israel
through Oct. 8.

 (Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Compiled by Tiago Brandao,
Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; Editing by Sherry
Jacob-Phillips and Milla Nissi)
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