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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

British Airways

A British Airways flight taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 14, 2024, 12:48 am
UK, Japan and China ease travel warnings to Israel amid ceasefire with Hezbollah
Foreign Ministry said to view announcements as a positive but unclear what effect they’ll have on airlines, some of which have canceled flights until spring
By ToI Staff
A British Airways flight taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 21, 2024, 7:09 pm
British Airways suspends all Israel flights until March 2025 amid escalation fears
UK airline joins a slew of foreign carriers canceling flights to Ben Gurion Airport in recent weeks; Israeli airlines continue operating, except for brief halt on Monday afternoon
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
Passengers at Ben Gurion International airport amid multiple delayed and canceled flights on August 25, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 24, 2024, 5:33 pm
Airlines put brakes on Tel Aviv and Beirut trips as Israel-Hezbollah tensions soar
British Airways, Lot, Azerbaijan and Wizz all cancel flights to Ben Gurion Tuesday, while several Middle Eastern airlines announce planes will avoid Lebanon for next two days
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Lufthansa Airbus A380 lands in Frankfurt, Germany, February 14, 2019. (AP/Michael Probst)
August 1, 2024, 11:06 am
Lufthansa flight to Tel Aviv lands in Cyprus, returns to Munich; passengers deplore treatment
Passengers say they were falsely told Israel had closed its airspace; were only allowed to disembark in Larnaca after a quarrel, while their luggage returned to Munich
By ToI Staff
A British Airways A350 at London Heathrow on July 29, 2019 (Nick Morrish/British Airways)
November 21, 2019, 1:15 pm
British Airways crowns Tel Aviv as a top vacation destination for 2020
The Mediterranean city that never sleeps shares the limelight with Seychelles, Maldives, South Africa’s Durban, and Morocco’s Marrakesh
By Shoshanna Solomon
British Airways planes parked at Heathrow Airport in Londonn on January 10, 2017 (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
July 26, 2019, 2:15 pm
British Airways resumes flights to Cairo after week’s halt
Airline does not offer details on possible threat that prompted cancellations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Lufthansa Airlines planes at the Frankfurt airport in Germany (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
July 22, 2019, 8:32 am
Lufthansa resumes Cairo flights, British Airways stays away
Egypt’s minister of civil aviation meets with Britain’s ambassador, who apologizes for not informing Egyptian authorities before applying week-long flight suspension
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, British Airways planes are parked at Heathrow Airport during a cabin crew strike in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
July 21, 2019, 12:54 am
British Airways suspends Cairo flights over unspecified security risk
Airline does not offer details on possible threat, Lufthansa also cancels flights for one day; British Foreign Office updates travel warning for Egypt
By AFP
Illustrative. British Airways planes parked at Heathrow Airport, London, January 10, 2017. (AP/Frank Augstein/File)
June 23, 2019, 10:23 pm
British tourists booted from Tel Aviv plane over bomb scare
Israel Airports Authority says man threatened to blow up plane after boarding, prompting evacuation and security checks; no explosives found
By ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Lithuanian counterpart address a press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 23, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Petras Malukas)
August 23, 2018, 10:28 pm
Netanyahu lauds European airlines for ending Iran flights, says more will follow
‘That’s good,’ says PM in Vilnius, as Air France and British Airways join KLM in discontinuing service to Tehran
By ToI Staff
An Air France Boeing 747. (CC BY/Andy_Mitchell_UK via Flickr.com)
August 23, 2018, 8:16 pm
Air France, British Airways to end flights to Tehran as US reimposes sanctions
European airlines increasingly halting business in Iran, citing negative financial outlook, despite efforts to salvage nuclear deal
By AFP
British Airways CEO and Chairman Alex Cruz, center, in Tel Aviv, marking 85 years since the start of the UK-Israel route. Nov. 9, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
November 9, 2017, 5:42 pm
British Airways looking to Israeli startups for airline tech
UK’s largest airline by fleet has launched a new £4.5 billion investment program over five years; mulls Gatwick-Eilat route
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a British Airways plane at London's Heathrow Airport (Panhard/Wikimedia Commons)
September 17, 2017, 12:40 pm
British Airways flight evacuated in Paris after bogus threat
Authorities determine false alarm after all passengers and luggage taken off plane and searched
By Angela Charlton
An El Al flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 15, 2017, 10:36 pm
El Al rated Heathrow’s dirtiest, noisiest airline
London airport puts Israel’s national carrier in 50th place, with dismal rating in 5 of 7 categories
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. British Airways planes parked at Heathrow Airport, London, January 10, 2017. (AP/Frank Augstein/File)
May 28, 2017, 2:33 pm
British Airways bids to restore service after huge IT failure
Airline says majority of flights at London’s Heathrow airport will go ahead, offers to refund customers hit by disruptions
By AP
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