Airlines suspend flights to Middle East as tensions rise in region

Concerns about rising tensions in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or avoid airspace affected by the armed conflict, Reuters reports.

US carrier Delta Air Lines has suspended flights between New York and Tel Aviv until March 2025. United Airlines has suspended flights to Tel Aviv for the foreseeable future.

Air France has extended the suspension of Paris – Tel Aviv flights until October 29, and Paris – Beirut flights until October 29. until November 30. KLM has extended the suspension of flights to Ben Gurion Airport until at least the end of the year. Transavia has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut until the end of March.

British Airways has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until October 26. Virgin Atlantic has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until the end of March. Low-cost carrier Easyjet has suspended flights to and from Ben Gurion Airport until March.

German airline group Lufthansa has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until November 10, while its low-cost carrier Eurowings has suspended them until November 30. Flights to Tehran have been cancelled until January 31, 2025, and to Beirut until February 28.

SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings are part of the Lufthansa Group. SWISS said in a separate statement that flights to the Lebanese capital will be cancelled until and including 18 January 2025 in order to provide greater planning certainty for both passengers and crew.

SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has suspended flights to Beirut until 17 December.

Turkish airline Pegasus has cancelled flights to the Lebanese capital until 28 October.

German airline Sundair has cancelled flights to Beirut from Berlin until December 8, from Bremen until March 26 and from Münster/Osnabrück until March 29.

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One of Europe's largest low-cost airlines, Ryanair, has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until the end of December. Group CEO Michael O'Leary said on October 3 that the suspension would likely be extended until the end of March.

Greek airline Aegean Airlines has cancelled flights to and from Beirut until November 6 and to and from Tel Aviv until November 5.

Spanish low-cost airline IAG Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until October 31. Low-cost airline Vueling has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until January 12 and to Amman until further notice.

Indian flag carrier Air India has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.

Latvian airline AirBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until November 30.

Bulgaria Air has cancelled flights to and from Israel until October 31.

Italian carrier ITA Airways has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until November 30.

Polish flag carrier LOT has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until October 26. The first scheduled flight to Beirut is scheduled for April 1.

Romanian flag carrier TAROM has suspended flights to Beirut until November 15.

Hungarian airline Wizz Air has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until January 14.

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until October 25, 2025.

Egyptian carrier Egyptair said in September it had suspended flights to Beirut until the “situation stabilises.”

Algerian airline Air Algerie has suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.

UAE state-owned airline Emirates has cancelled flights to Beirut until October 31 and flights to Baghdad and Tehran until October 30. Flydubai suspends Dubai-Beirut flights until October 31

Ethiopian carrier Ethiopian Airlines has suspended flights to Beirut until further notice, it said in a Facebook post on October 4.

Iranian carrier Iran Air has cancelled flights to Beirut until further notice.

Iraqi national carrier Iraqi Airways has suspended flights to the Lebanese capital until further notice.

Qatar Airways has suspended flights to and from Iraq, Iran and Lebanon, and flights to Amman will only operate during daytime.

Prepared by: Sergey Daga