KLM extends suspension of all its flights to Israel until further notice

Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel

Ilustrative: KLM airplanes sit in Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Jan. 18, 2018. (AP/Peter Dejong)
Ilustrative: KLM airplanes sit in Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Jan. 18, 2018. (AP/Peter Dejong)

Dutch carrier KLM suspends all its flight services to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport until further notice, citing the “ongoing security situation.”

KLM had resumed its Tel Aviv-Amsterdam route at the start of June after an almost one-year absence.

The carrier then canceled all flight services to and from Tel Aviv on June 13 due to the closure of Israel’s airspace following Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure and Iranian missile and drone barrages. Israel reopened its airspace on June 24 after a ceasefire with Iran took hold.

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