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According to the group’s announcement, it will gradually resume its flights to Israel on June 23. Among the airlines in the group are SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings.
Lufthansa Group to restart Tel Aviv flights June 23, including Lufthansa, Austrian, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, and Lufthansa Cargo, following a security analysis. Services will resume gradually.
Israels strikes on Iran have led several international airlines to suspend or cancel flights to parts of the Middle East. Affected destinations include Tel Aviv, Beirut, Amman, Tehran, Erbil, Baghdad,
Airspace was closed over Israel, Jordan, Iran and Iraq on Friday after Israel attacked Iran with a wave of airstrikes.
Citing security risks, Wizz Air has suspended Tel Aviv and Amman services and will avoid Israeli, Iraqi, Iranian, and Syrian airspace until at least 15 September . UAE airlines suspend flights: Wizz Air stops Tel Aviv and Amman flights until mid-September .
The airlines of the Lufthansa Group announced that they would resume flights to and from Tel Aviv in waves starting June 23, following a suspension that began in early May due to regional tensions. The decision marked a step toward normalizing air travel between Israel and Europe after a period of disruptions.
In a statement released on Friday, the Lufthansa group, which includes Brussels Airlines, announced the gradual resumption of its flights to and from the Israeli city of Tel Aviv from 23 June. Brussels Airlines itself plans to resume its flights from Zaventem to Tel Aviv “during the month of July”.