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Wizz Air extends flight suspension to Israel through April 20
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel
Illustrative: A Wizz Air jet comes in to land at Gatwick Airport, south of London, on June 10, 2022. (Ben Stansall / AFP)
Hungarian low-cost airline giant Wizz Air further extends its suspension of flights to and from Israel, as Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport remains closed to foreign airlines amid the ongoing war with Iran.
Wizz Air says it will extend its flight cancellations through April 20, from the previously announced date of April 14. The budget carrier had been poised to set up an operational aviation hub in Israel as early as April, which could have boosted competition and brought down sky-high fares, but this has been put off by the war.
Israel’s airspace has been shut to foreign airlines since February 28, when the war with Iran began.
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