Factbox: Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise

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11/10/2024 15:16

(Updates Air Europa, Transavia under Air France, and Ryanair)
       Oct 10 (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. 21.
    
    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. 20.
    
    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, Amman and Beirut until end-March.
    
    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 flights to Tel Aviv
until Oct. 25, 2025.
    
    CYPRUS AIRWAYS
    The Cypriot carrier cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct.
13.
    
    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 and flights to and from Iraq and Iran until Oct. 16.
    
    ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
    The Ethiopian carrier suspended flights to Beirut until
further notice, it said in a Facebook post on Oct. 4.
    
    FLYDUBAI
The Emirati airline suspended Dubai-Beirut flights until Oct.
31, a flydubai spokesperson said.
    
    IAG  ICAG.L 
IAG-owned British Airways cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv
through Oct. 26.
    IAG's low-cost airline Iberia Express cancelled flights to
Tel Aviv until Oct. 31, while Vueling cancelled operations to
Tel Aviv until Jan. 12, 2025, and to Amman until further notice.
    
    IRAN AIR
The Iranian airline cancelled Beirut flights 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, to Tehran until Oct. 26 and to Beirut 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.
    
    QATAR AIRWAYS
The Qatari airline temporarily suspended flights to and from
Iraq, Iran and Lebanon, while flights to Amman will operate
during daylight hours only.
    
        RYANAIR  RYA.I  
  
    Europe's biggest budget airline cancelled flights to and
from Tel Aviv until the end of December. Group CEO Michael
O'Leary on Oct. 3 told journalists the suspension was likely to
be extended until the end of March.
  
        
  
    SUNDAIR
The German airline cancelled flights from Berlin, Bremen and
Muenster/Osnabrueck to Beirut until Dec. 8.
    
    UNITED AIRLINES  UAL.O 
The Chicago-based airline suspended flights to Tel Aviv for the
foreseeable future.
    
    TAROM
    Romania's flag carrier extended the suspension of Beirut
flights until Oct. 22.
    
    VIRGIN ATLANTIC
The UK carrier extended suspension of Tel Aviv flights until
end-March 2025.
    
    WIZZ AIR  WIZZ.L 
The Hungary-based airline suspended flights to and from Israel
and Jordan through Oct. 13.

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