The Lufthansa group of carriers says it is extending the cancellation of night flight operations to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport through January 31, citing the “current situation in the Middle East.”
The move comes as the Lufthansa group – whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings – decided last week to operate flights to and from Tel Aviv since Thursday, 15 January as daytime flights through January 19, in anticipation of a potential Iranian attack.
“This means that crews will fly back directly without an overnight stay on site,” Lufthansa says in a statement. “These former connections operating during nighttime have mostly been rescheduled to operate during daytime.”
“Only few connections needed to be canceled during this period,” the airline says.
The German airline group says that “affected passengers will be automatically rebooked and proactively contacted.”
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
— Gabriella Jacobs, multimedia journalist
Support our work
Support our work
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
You're a dedicated reader
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
Join Our Community
Join Our Community
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
From the Liveblog of
Friday, January 16, 2026
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
