Main airways suspend Israel flights right after attacks

Main airways suspend Israel flights right after attacks


Passengers seem at a departure board at Ben Gurion Airport in the vicinity of Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 7, 2023, as flights are canceled mainly because of the Hamas surprise attacks. 

Gil Cohen-magen | AFP | Getty Images

Several airways suspended company to Israel this weekend right after surprise assaults by Hamas and Israeli retaliation remaining hundreds dead.

United Airways, Delta Air Traces and American Airlines just about every scrubbed assistance to Tel Aviv. United Flight 954, which departed San Francisco Friday evening for Israel, turned again near Greenland, according to flight-tracker FlightAware.

Lufthansa Group explained all of its flights, which include individuals on Swiss Global Air Traces and Austrian Airlines, had been suspended into Tel Aviv by Monday.

“We are consistently checking the safety condition in Israel and are in close get hold of with the authorities,” Lufthansa said in a assertion. “The basic safety of our visitors and crew members has major precedence for Lufthansa.”

Israeli airline El Al claimed Sunday that its flights are “operated as scheduled.”

El Al and other carriers also offered vacation waivers for consumers to delay or terminate their trips.

 



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