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Delta suspends flights to and from Tel Aviv through end of May, citing war
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel
US airline Delta says it is extending the suspension of its Tel Aviv route through May 31, citing the “ongoing conflict in the region.”
Affected flights on the daily nonstop service to Tel Aviv from New York’s JFK airport will be “processed in Delta’s system on March 21, when customers will receive cancellation notifications,” the carrier announces. Flights between Tel Aviv and Atlanta have been paused through August.
Delta previously put the Tel Aviv route on hold through April 1 following the closure of Israel’s airspace on February 28 amid the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
“As previously announced, the restart of Atlanta (ATL) to Tel Aviv service has been delayed, with flights from ATL to TLV now paused through Aug. 4 and flights from TLV to ATL paused through Aug. 5,” Delta says.
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