Major airlines suspend flights to Israel after Hamas attack

Several major airlines canceled flights to Ben Gurion International Airport after Palestinian militant group Hamas
launched a large-scale surprise attack in Israel on Saturday, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured.

United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines announced they have temporarily suspended flights to and from the international airport near Tel Aviv.

“Future operations at TLV will be suspended until conditions allow them to resume,” United said in a statement to CBS News.

Both Delta and AA said in statements that operations to Israel had been suspended at least until Sunday.

“We will continue to monitor the situation with safety and security in mind and will adjust our operation as necessary,” American Airlines said.

Delta added that it was “working to safely transport Delta people back to the US and will work with the US government as needed to assist with the repatriation of US citizens who want to return.” to home”.

Air France, Lufthansa, Emirates, Ryanair and Aegean Airlines also canceled flights.

However, airport authorities did not stop commercial air links to Eilat, Israel’s second international airport and a tourist destination on the Red Sea.

“Given the current security situation in Tel Aviv, Lufthansa will cancel all flights to and from Tel Aviv up to and including Monday,” a spokesman for the German airline told AFP. The airline is “monitoring the security situation in Tel Aviv.” Israel,” he added.

Brussels airline, part of the Lufthansa group, also canceled its flights to Tel Aviv.

Air France said it had suspended flights to Tel Aviv “until further notice.”

“There are commercial measures that allow customers to postpone or cancel their trip free of charge,” an Air France spokesperson said.

Transavia, the low-cost airline of the Air France-KLM group, announced that it would cancel all flights from Paris and Lyon to Tel Aviv up to and including Monday. Spanish airline Iberia announced that its budget subsidiary Iberia Express was canceling its flights to Tel Aviv.

Italian airline ITA airways canceled its flight until Sunday morning at the earliest “to protect the safety of passengers and crew.”
Spanish airline Iberia announced that its budget subsidiary Iberia Express was canceling its flights to Tel Aviv. In Warsaw, Polish airline LOT said it had canceled its flights from the Polish capital on Saturday.