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Lufthansa group extends suspension of Tel Aviv flights through April 2
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel
A Lufthansa plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 14, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
The Lufthansa group of carriers says it is extending the suspension of flight operations to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport through April 2, due to the “current situation in the Middle East.”
The Lufthansa group – whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings – canceled flight services to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport as Israel closed its airspace following the joint US-Israel attack on Iran on February 28.
It also extends its cancellation of flights to the UAE through March 15.
Israel partially reopened the country’s airspace last week for Israeli carriers to operate limited repatriation flights.
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