2023-10-07 20:44:00
Lufthansa, Air France, Iberia… Update on flight cancellations to and from Tel Aviv.
Multiple airlines have announced cancellations of flights to and from Tel Aviv this Saturday and even throughout the weekend, in the wake of Hamas’ military offensive on Israel.
· Lufthansa
The German group, Europe’s leading carrier, is canceling its flights to and from Tel Aviv until Monday inclusive due to “the security situation”, after the launch of a surprise military offensive by Hamas, a spokesperson said. -speech Saturday evening.
“Given the current situation in Israel, Lufthansa is canceling all flights to and from Tel Aviv until Monday inclusive,” the spokesperson said.
The Belgian company Brussels Airlines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, announced the same decision.
The company says it is “ready to cooperate with the authorities to organize repatriations or relief flights”.
The situation is “very unpredictable”, explained a spokesperson. A new update will be made Monday morning to consider the future.
· Air France-KLM
“In coordination with the French Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Israeli authorities, Air France is suspending its service to Tel Aviv until further notice,” said a spokesperson for the company, which usually operates two flights per day. day to Tel Aviv.
“Commercial measures are in place, allowing customers to postpone or cancel their trip free of charge,” he said.
The company’s next flight, flight AF984, was scheduled to leave Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 9:10 p.m. to reach Tel Aviv, where its arrival was scheduled for Sunday at 2:30 a.m. local time. This and subsequent flights to and from Tel Aviv are canceled.
Transavia, the “low cost” of the Air France-KLM group, announced in a press release that it would cancel all its flights to Tel Aviv until Monday inclusive.
“Transavia France cancels its flights to Tel Aviv and departing from Paris Orly and Lyon Saint Exupéry on Sunday October 8 (2 flights from Paris Orly) and Monday October 9 (3 flights from Paris Orly and 1 flight from Lyon Saint Exupéry)”, the company said.
· Iberia
The Spanish company indicated on social networks that its low-cost subsidiary Iberia Express was canceling its flights to or from Tel Aviv on Saturday “due to the situation in Israel”.
· ITA Airways
The Italian company announced on X that it had canceled its flights to and from Tel Aviv until Sunday morning “to preserve the safety of passengers and crew.”
· LOT
The Polish company said it had canceled its flights linking the Polish capital to Tel Aviv on Saturday “due to the situation in Israel”. She did not provide information on the coming days.
· Aegean
The Greek company Aegean Airlines announced on
· Swiss
The Swiss airline announced that it would suspend its flights to Tel Aviv from Saturday evening until further notice.
After a thorough and ongoing review of the current security situation, Swiss continued to operate flights from Zurich to Tel Aviv and Tel Aviv to Zurich at midday on Saturday, the company told Keystone-ATS.
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