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British budget airline EasyJet cancels flights to Israel until October 2024

An EasyJet flight seen taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, on March 24, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
British budget airline EasyJet EZJ.L on Tuesday suspends flights to Israel until October 27, citing the security situation in the Middle East.
“As a result of the continued evolving situation in Israel, EasyJet has now taken the decision to suspend its flights to Tel Aviv for the remainder of the summer season,” a spokesperson says after the airline paused flights to the Israeli city on Sunday.
“Customers booked to fly on this route up to this date are being offered options including a full refund.”
The decision to cancel all flights until October comes just over a month after the airline resumed its flights to Israel in March for the first time since the Hamas terror onslaught on October 7 and subsequent war in Gaza.