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United Airlines halts flights to Tel Aviv, is ‘monitoring the situation’

By Nava Freiberg 4 May 2025, 5:44 pm 1 Edit

Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

United Airlines commercial jets sit at a gate at Terminal C of Newark Liberty International Airport, July 18, 2018, in Newark, New Jersey. (AP /Julio Cortez)
United Airlines commercial jets sit at a gate at Terminal C of Newark Liberty International Airport, July 18, 2018, in Newark, New Jersey. (AP /Julio Cortez)

US carrier United Airlines halts flight services between New York’s Newark airport and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport after a ballistic missile from Yemen struck an area at Israel’s main international airport.

“We have canceled our twice-daily service between Newark and Tel Aviv while we closely monitor the situation,” United says in a statement. “We will make decisions on resuming service with a focus on the safety of our customers and crews.”

The flight route from Newark to Ben Gurion Airport is temporarily canceled at least through May 8.

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