British Airways is suspending its flights until Wednesday, while Air France is ceasing operations until Monday.
Several airlines have suspended flights to Israel following the heaviest clashes between Israeli forces and Lebanon’s Hezbollah since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.
British Airways said on Sunday that all flights to and from Israel would be cancelled until Wednesday, while Air France announced it would suspend flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut until Monday.
Etihad, Ethiopian Airlines and the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz also announced the cancellation of flights to Tel Aviv planned for Sunday.
Virgin Atlantic said that after reviewing the situation, the airline would extend the previous suspension of flights between London and Tel Aviv until September 25.
Meanwhile, Jordanian airline Royal Jordanian suspended its flights to Beirut on Sunday, citing the “current situation,” state news agency Petra reported.
On Friday, Germany’s Lufthansa extended the suspension of its flights to Beirut until the end of September. The airline also announced that it would not offer flights to Tel Aviv or Tehran until September 2.
Last week, Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, said it would extend the suspension of its flights until at least October 31, following a similar announcement by American Airlines.
Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport closed for about two hours early Sunday morning as Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, forcing incoming flights to be diverted.
The Israeli military said it launched the attacks with around 100 jets after learning that Hezbollah was preparing an attack on central Israel at 5 a.m. The Lebanese group said it fired hundreds of drones and missiles across the Israeli-Lebanese border.
In a televised address, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah denied that Israel had detected the attack in advance and rejected Israeli claims that his military had destroyed the Lebanese group’s rocket launchers.
Nasrallah said the group launched its attack in retaliation for the killing of commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last month.
