ATTACK ON ISRAEL: MAJOR AIRLNES CANCEL DOZENS OF FLIGHTS TO TEL AVIV
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Following the surprise large-scale strike against Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas this past weekend, major airlines cancelled scores of flights to Tel Aviv.
American Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa, Emirates, Ryanair, and Aegean Airlines were among the airlines that cancelled flights, according to the arrivals board at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport.
Airport administrators did not, however, halt commercial plane connections with Eilat, Israel’s second international airport and a popular vacation spot on the Red Sea.
According to an AFP report, “Lufthansa is cancelling all flights to and from Tel Aviv up until and including Monday due to the present security situation in Tel Aviv.
The airline was “monitoring the security situation in Israel,” he continued.
Brussels Airline, part of the Lufthansa group, also cancelled its Tel Aviv flights.
Air France said it had halted Tel Aviv flights “until further notice”.
“Commercial measures are in place, allowing customers to postpone or cancel their trip free of charge”, an Air France spokesman said.
Air France-KLM group’s low-cost carrier Transavia announced it was cancelling 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 cancelling its Tel Aviv flights.
Italy’s flag carrier ITA Airways cancelled 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 cancelling its Tel Aviv flights.
In Warsaw, Polish carrier LOT said it had cancelled its flights from the Polish capital on Saturday.
AFP
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