Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds European airlines British Airways, KLM, and Air France for discontinuing service to Tehran.
The British and French carriers announced earlier on Thursday they would end service to Iran next month, citing low profitability as the US reimposes sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Dutch airline KLM — part of the same group as Air France — said last month that it was also suspending Tehran flights due to “negative results and financial outlook.”
“Today we learned that three major carriers, BA, KLM, and Air France have discontinued their activity in Iran,” says Netanyahu at a press conference in Lithuania. “That’s good.”
“More should follow, more will follow, because Iran should not be rewarded for its aggression in the region, its attempts to spread terrorism far and wide, in the Middle East, into Europe… and to many other places in the world,” says Netanyahu.
— With AFP
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