Wizz Air suspends Israel flights for 48 hours after Houthi missile attack on airport

Hungarian low-cost airline giant Wizz Air announces it is canceling its flights to Israel for the next 48 hours after a ballistic missile from Yemen struck an area of Ben Gurion Airport.

Wizz Air says it is suspending its flights until May 6 in the morning and is “closely monitoring the situation.”

Wizz Air joins major airlines, including German carrier Lufthansa, Air France, Air Europa, Austrian, and Swiss Airlines in halting flight services to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.

Earlier on Sunday, Ben Gurion Airport temporarily halted takeoffs and landings following the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen, a number of minutes before the projectile entered Israeli airspace. The IDF failed to intercept the missile. The airport was fully reopened an hour later.