Some 50,000 Israelis have had their flights cancelled in recent days, leaving them unable to travel for the upcoming Passover festival, or stranded abroad and unable to return for the holiday, Channel 12 reports.
The outlet says that numerous airlines have scrapped flights amid Israel’s war against Hamas and Iran’s attack on Israel last weekend.
Multiple carriers have still not returned to full service having suspended or reduced operations in the days following the October 7 onslaught by Hamas.
The outlet says that Swiss, United, KLM, Air Canada and Easyjet are not flying to and from Israel, with some of them having scrapped flights at short notice.
The Passover holiday, set to begin tomorrow evening, is usually one of the peak periods in the Israeli travel calendar for both incoming tourists, and vacationing Israelis.
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