The Lufthansa group of carriers and Hungarian low-cost airline giant Wizz Air extend the suspension of flight services to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.
On Sunday, the Lufthansa group — whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines — and Wizz Air halted all flights to Tel Aviv, after a ballistic missile from Yemen struck an area of Israel’s main international airport.
Lufthansa says it extends flight suspensions to and from Tel Aviv until May 11, from the previously announced date of May 6. Wizz Air extends the cancellation of flight services to and from Tel Aviv until May 8 in the morning, instead of May 6 in the morning.
The Lufthansa group and Wizz Air joined other major airlines, including Air France, Air Europa, British Airways, Delta, and United Airlines in halting flights to Israel.
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