Airlines Suspend Flights Into Israel Over Palestinian Conflict

Israel’s escalation conflict with the Palestinians may have begun to take worse toll as many airlines have suspended flights into the Jewish nation.

This is coming amidst global concern on the need to stop the conflict from getting worse.

Agency reports indicate that major airlines decided to stop fling into Israel as a way of keeping safe.  

Airlines mentioned by the reports to have suspended such flights include, the Dutch airline, KLM, BA, Virgin as well as Lufthansa.

KLM  Dutch airline KLM has halted flights to Israel for the time being, Dutch public broadcaster NOS said. A flight from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport that was postponed earlier in the week due to the violence has been cancelled for good and KLM is deciding whether a flight due on Sunday can go ahead, NOS said.

– BA, Virgin –British Airways cancelled its service to and from Tel Aviv on Thursday and Virgin Atlantic also did the same for Thursday and Friday

Both airlines said they are monitoring the situation closely.

– Lufthansa –Germany’s flag carrier cancelled flights for Thursday and Friday, adding: “Lufthansa expects to resume its flight operations to Israel beginning Saturday, May 15.”

– Aeroflot –Aeroflot cancelled its Moscow-Tel Aviv flight for Friday but did not specify if others would be cancelled in the coming days.

– Iberia –The Spanish airline cancelled its flight Madrid to Tel Aviv for Thursday and Friday-Saturday’s return leg.

An Iberia spokeswoman told AFP: “We will take further decisions based on the evolution of the situation.”

– US airlines –United, which operates 18 flight weekly to Israel, said it was suspending operations.

Delta and American Airlines also confirmed they have suspended services between New York and Tel Aviv..

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An AFP report also lists LOT –The Polish airline in the report, as saying: it had “suspended flights to Israel for the moment”. Spokesman Krzysztof Moczulski added: “I suppose that we will not be flying there in the coming days”.