United, Lufthansa and Air Canada prolong Israel flight suspensions

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Germany’s Lufthansa Group, which incorporates Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airways, Brussels Airways and EuroWings, introduced in the present day that the suspension of flights to Israel is being prolonged till Could 31. The choice is one other of many by international airways which have canceled flights to Israel after a Houthi missile hit Ben Gurion airport originally of final week, however when it comes from Lufthansa, it’s notably worrying information for the native aviation market.

Ben Gurion airport credit: Tali Bogdanovsky

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Lufthansa is taken into account a serious and influential participant within the trade and serves as a “barometer” for the state of international airline operations in Israel: when it chooses to keep away from operations within the area, different airways, particularly smaller and extra cautious ones, are inclined to observe swimsuit.

In latest days, efforts have been made by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to convey the Lufthansa Group again to Israel, and excursions of representatives from Swiss had been performed at Ben Gurion Airport to reveal the airport’s air protection techniques. The tour didn’t obtain its purpose, and Lufthansa Group has formally introduced one other extension.

If Lufthansa resumes flights on the finish of the extension interval, night time flights might be canceled, and the potential of returning solely morning flights is now being examined.

In the meantime United Airways has suspended Israel flights till June 13 and Air Canada till September 8.

Printed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on Could 13, 2025.