Airlines Suspend Flights As Middle East Tensions Rise

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.

The Indian flag carrier suspended scheduled flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice. The Algerian airline temporarily suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.

Air France has extended its suspension of flights between Paris and Beirut until 11 August. Its Dutch arm KLM, from early in August, cancelled all its flights to and from Tel Aviv until 26 October.

The carrier has extended, the suspension of flights between New York and Tel Aviv until 31 August. The UK budget airline stopped flying to and from Tel Aviv in April and will resume flights on 30 March 2025, a spokesperson said.

Italy's ITA Airways has extended the suspension of its flights to and from Tel Aviv through 10 August. The German airline has extended its avoidance of Iranian and Iraqi airspace and said it would suspend flights to and from Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman and the Iraqi city of Erbil through 13 August.

Swiss Air Lines, a unit of Lufthansa Group, extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut until 13 August, avoiding airspace over Israel, Iran and Iraq until then.