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Monday, August 19, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 19, 2024
Lufthansa Group extends Middle East flight cancellations until Aug. 26 over fears of escalation
File: A Lufthansa airlines Airbus-A320-271N comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in west London on April 29, 2024. (Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s Lufthansa Group extends its suspension of flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman, and Erbil again, with flights now affected up to and including August 26.
The group, which includes carriers Swiss International Air Lines, Austrian Airlines, and Eurowings, will also be avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace up to and including that date, it says, over fears of an escalation in the Middle East.
