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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Wizz Air restarts Tel Aviv-London route as other airlines consider resuming Israel flights after Gaza truce
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Wizz Air has restarted its London to Tel Aviv route, along with flights to Amman, Jordan, amid cautious optimism around a nascent hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Many Western carriers canceled flights to swaths of the Middle East in recent months, including Beirut and Tel Aviv, as conflict tore across the region. Airlines also avoided Iraqi and Iranian airspace out of fear of getting accidentally caught in drone or missile warfare.
Earlier today, Germany’s Lufthansa Group announced that it will resume flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel from February 1, including carriers Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Austrian Airlines and Swiss.
Before the ceasefire was announced, low-cost carrier Ryanair said it was hoping to run a full summer schedule to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.
British carrier EasyJet tells Reuters it welcomes the news of the Gaza ceasefire and will review its plans in the coming days.
Air France-KLM says its operations to and from Tel Aviv remain suspended until January 24, while its flights between Paris and Beirut will be suspended until January 31.
Lufthansa flights to and from Tehran up to and including February 14 remain suspended and the airline will not fly to Beirut in Lebanon up to and including February 28.
The Times of Israel Community.