Factbox: Suspension of flights to Middle East

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31/12/2024 14:23

(Adds United Airlines, updates Air France, Emirates, flydubai,
Iraqi Airways and Vueling under IAG)
       Dec 31 (Reuters) - Concerns about conflict in the Middle
East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to
the region or to avoid affected airspace.
    Below are some of the airlines that have suspended services
to and from the region:

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

    AIR ALGERIE
    The Algerian airline has suspended flights to and from
Lebanon until further notice.
    
    AIR ARABIA  AIRA.DU 
        The United Arab Emirates carrier 
    will resume
     flights to Beirut on Jan. 9.
  

    AIRBALTIC
    Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel
Aviv until Jan. 28.

    AIR FRANCE-KLM  AIRF.PA 
    Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv
flights until Jan. 9 and Paris-Beirut flights until Jan. 31.
        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 said it would resume flights to and
from Tel Aviv on Dec. 26. It had cancelled the flights in
October citing safety recommendations.

    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 
    EasyJet  EZJ.L  will not rush to resume flights to Tel Aviv
after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect,
its incoming CEO said on Nov. 27. The UK budget airline had
previously suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until March. 

    EMIRATES
    UAE's state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut
and to Baghdad until Jan. 31.

    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.

    IRAQI AIRWAYS
    Iraq will allow the national carrier Iraqi Airways to resume
flights to Lebanon on Dec. 30, the transport minister was quoted
as saying by state media on Dec 28. Iraqi Airways had suspended
all its flights to and from Beirut on Sep. 27.
    
    ITA AIRWAYS
    The Italian carrier has extended the suspension of Tel Aviv
flights through Jan. 31.

    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 has extended the suspension of its
flights to Tel Aviv until Jan. 31.
    Flights to Tehran are cancelled until Jan. 31 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 has cancelled flights to Beirut
until Jan. 1.

    RYANAIR  RYA.I 
    Europe's biggest budget airline does not plan on resuming
operations to Israel until March 31 at the earliest, while a
decision to resume operations to and from Jordan from December
is under discussion, a Ryanair spokesperson said on Nov. 27.
    
    SUNDAIR
    The German airline has cancelled flights between Beirut and
Bremen until March 26. The cancellation started on Sept. 23.
    
    UNITED AIRLINES  UAL.O 
        The Chicago-based airline confirmed on Dec. 30 its
flights to Tel Aviv remain suspended.
  

    VIRGIN ATLANTIC
    The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until
end-March. The suspension has been in place since September.
    
    WIZZ AIR  WIZZ.L 
    The Hungary-based airline has suspended Tel Aviv flights
through Jan. 14, except for those from Larnaca. Wizz Air has
suspended its flights to Tel Aviv since October.

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