Factbox: Suspension of flights to Middle East

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16/01/2025 10:53

(Adds Turkish Airlines resumption, updates airBaltic, Air
France, Lufthansa and Wizz Air)
       Jan 16 (Reuters) - Concerns about conflict in the Middle
East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to
the region, though some are resuming the routes as a ceasefire
agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced.
    Below are some of the airlines that have suspended services
to and from the region:

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

    AIR ALGERIE
    The Algerian airline has suspended flights to and from
Lebanon until further notice, it said on Aug. 1.

    AIRBALTIC
    Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel
Aviv until Feb. 28. It announced the suspension in late
September.
    
    AIR FRANCE-KLM  AIRF.PA 
    Air France has suspended Paris-Tel Aviv flights until Jan.
24 and Paris-Beirut flights until Jan. 31.
    KLM has extended its temporary suspension of flights to Tel
Aviv until the end of March.
    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, it said on Aug. 12.

    CATHAY PACIFIC  0293.HK 
    Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel
Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025. It suspended its flights to Israel in
August.

    CORENDON AIRLINES
    The Turkish airline has 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. The suspension was announced on Sept.
19.

    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. The suspension started in late
September.

    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. The suspension was announced in late September.
    
    ITA AIRWAYS
    The Italian carrier has paused Tel Aviv flights through Jan.
31, a suspension that has been in place since Sept. 30.

    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 will resume flights to and from Tel
Aviv from Feb. 1, it said on Jan. 16. Flights to Tehran are
cancelled until Feb. 14 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 said on Jan. 2 it was carrying out
Beirut flights during daylight hours from Istanbul and Antalya.
    
    RYANAIR  RYA.I 
    Europe's biggest budget airline plans to operate a full
schedule of flights from Tel Aviv this summer, senior executive
Eddie Wilson said on Jan. 9.
    
    SUNDAIR
    The German airline has cancelled flights between Beirut and
Bremen until March 26. The suspension started on Sept. 23.
    
    TURKISH AIRLINES  THYAO.IS 
    Turkish Airlines said it would start flights to Damascus on
Jan. 23.
    
    UNITED AIRLINES  UAL.O 
    The Chicago-based airline confirmed on Dec. 30 that its
flights to Tel Aviv remained suspended. The suspension started
on July 31.

    VIRGIN ATLANTIC
    The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until the end
of March. The suspension has been in place since September.
    
    WIZZ AIR  WIZZ.L 
    The Hungary-based airline has resumed flights to Tel Aviv
and Amman as of Jan. 16.

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