Factbox: Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise

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15/11/2024 13:01

(Updates airBaltic and Sundair)
       Nov 15 (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 cancelled services
to and from the region:

    AEGEAN AIRLINES  AGNr.AT 
    The Greek airline has cancelled flights to and from Beirut
until Dec. 17 and to and from Tel Aviv until Dec. 2.

    AIR ALGERIE
    The Algerian airline has suspended flights to and from
Lebanon until further notice.

    AIRBALTIC
    Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel
Aviv until Dec. 21.

    AIR FRANCE-KLM  AIRF.PA 
    Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv
flights until Dec. 3 and Paris-Beirut flights until Jan. 5.
    KLM has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until
the end of the year at least.
    The group's low-cost unit Transavia has cancelled flights to
and from Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut until end-March.

    AIR INDIA
    The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from
Tel Aviv until further notice.

    BULGARIA AIR
    The Bulgarian carrier has cancelled flights to and from
Israel until Dec. 23.

    CATHAY PACIFIC  0293.HK 
    Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel
Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025.

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

    DELTA AIR LINES  DAL.N  
    The U.S. carrier has paused flights between New York and Tel
Aviv through March 2025.

    EASYJET  EZJ.L 
    The UK budget airline has suspended flights to and from Tel
Aviv until March.

    EGYPTAIR
    The Egyptian carrier in September said it had suspended
flights to Beirut until "the situation stabilises".

    EMIRATES
    UAE's state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut
and Baghdad until Nov. 30.

    ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
    The Ethiopian carrier has suspended flights to Beirut until
further notice, it said in a Facebook post on Oct. 4.

    FLYDUBAI
    Flights between Dubai and Beirut remain suspended, while
flights to Iraq and Iran are operating, a flydubai spokesperson
said on Oct. 30.

    IAG  ICAG.L 
    IAG-owned British Airways has suspended their flights to Tel
Aviv until the end of March 2025.
    IAG's low-cost airline Iberia Express has cancelled flights
to Tel Aviv until Nov. 30, while Vueling has cancelled
operations to Tel Aviv until Jan. 12 and to Amman until further
notice.

    IRAN AIR
    The Iranian airline has cancelled Beirut flights until
further notice.

    IRAQI AIRWAYS
    The Iraqi national carrier has suspended flights to Beirut
until further notice.

    ITA AIRWAYS
    The Italian carrier has extended the suspension of Tel Aviv
flights through Jan. 12.

    LOT
    The Polish carrier has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until
Dec. 9. Its first scheduled flight to Beirut is planned for
April 1.

    LUFTHANSA GROUP  LHAG.DE 
    The German airline group has extended the suspension of its
flights to Tel Aviv until Dec. 31. Swiss, part of the group,
said it would not fly to and from Tel Aviv until Dec. 15.
    Flights for Tehran are cancelled until Jan. 31, 2025, and to
Beirut until Feb. 28. Swiss has cancelled flights to Beirut
until Jan. 18.
    SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish
Airlines  THYAO.IS , has suspended flights to Beirut through
Dec. 17.

    PEGASUS  PGSUS.IS 
    The Turkish airline has cancelled flights to Beirut until
Nov. 30.

    QATAR AIRWAYS
    The Qatari airline has temporarily suspended flights to and
from Iran and Lebanon.

    RYANAIR  RYA.I  
    Europe's biggest budget airline has cancelled flights to and
from Tel Aviv until the end of December. Group CEO Michael
O'Leary on Oct. 3 said the suspension was likely to be extended
until end-March.

    SUNDAIR
    The German airline cancelled flights to Beirut from Berlin
until Feb. 28, from Bremen until March 26, and from
Muenster/Osnabrueck until March 29.

    TAROM
    Romania's flag carrier has suspended Beirut flights until
Nov. 15.

    UNITED AIRLINES  UAL.O 
    The Chicago-based airline has suspended flights to Tel Aviv
for the foreseeable future.

    VIRGIN ATLANTIC
    The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until
end-March.

    WIZZ AIR  WIZZ.L 
    The Hungary-based airline has suspended Tel Aviv flights
through Jan. 14.

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