10/1/2024–|Last updated: 10/1/202409:15 PM (Mecca time)
Occupation Army Radio reported that take-offs and landings were halted at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after Iran fired missiles at Israel.
An airport spokesman said: “There are currently no take-offs and landings.”
The Airports Authority also announced that no aircraft will be allowed to take off or arrive at all Israeli airports.
Airport authorities usually say that Israel will reopen the airspace and resume take-offs and landings in the coming hours.
In Lebanon, Transport Minister Ali Hamiya announced the temporary closure of airspace to air traffic for two hours.
He said in a post on the X platform, “Due to regional developments, the airspace will be closed to air traffic for two hours, and the resumption of flights will be evaluated later.”
For its part, Jordan temporarily suspended air traffic on Tuesday after the missile launch, according to what the Jordanian News Agency (Petra) reported.
The Ministry of Transport in Iraq also said that the relevant authorities closed the airspace after the Iraqi airspace began to be evacuated of incoming, departing and passing aircraft “in order to preserve the safety of air navigation and aircraft crossing Iraq,” according to what was reported by the official news agency.
The German airline Lufthansa said today that it will avoid the airspace of Iran, Iraq and Jordan until October 2, suspending flights to and from Amman and Erbil.
Lufthansa announced today that it will extend the suspension of its flights to Beirut until November 30, and the Dutch “KLM” also extended the suspension of its flights to Israel until the end of the year.
The company extended the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until October 31, and will maintain the suspension of its flights to Tehran until October 14.
KLM spokeswoman Elvira van der Wies said that taking into account the situation in the region, “we have decided to extend the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year.”
The company also announced in August that it would suspend its flights to Israel until October 26.
Its Swiss subsidiary took the same step by suspending its flights to and from Tel Aviv until Thursday, October 31, inclusive.
All flights to and from Beirut, which were suspended until October 26, will be cancelled, including Saturday, November 30.
The Lufthansa Group, which also includes Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, has adjusted its flight schedule several times in recent months due to the increasing tension in the Middle East, as have other airlines.
Yesterday evening, Air France-KLM also announced the suspension of Air France and Transavia flights to Beirut and Tel Aviv from Paris at least until October 8 “due to the security situation.”
The group said in a statement that the resumption of flights with Beirut, which was suspended on September 18, and with Tel Aviv, which resumed on September 21 after a 3-day suspension, “will remain subject to an assessment of the situation on the ground.”
It is noteworthy that the Greek airline canceled its flights to and from Beirut until October 31, and to and from Tel Aviv until October 6, and also suspended its flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.
For its part, Air Baltic in Latvia canceled its flights to and from Tel Aviv until October 31, and the Spanish airline also canceled its flights to Israel until October 2, among a larger number of companies.
