And issued European Aviation Safety Agency New recommendations for regions Conflict Civil aircraft are warned to avoid Airspace Lebanese and Israeli Exactly until the end of October.
The agency’s statement noted: “Given the current conflict between… Hezbollah And Israel Which includes bombing by aircraft and launching missiles and drones, there is a great danger to civil aviation.” The Israeli newspaper Calcalist, specialized in economics, revealed that the decision of the Israeli Aviation Safety Agency will lead to increased pressure on local airlines, which are already suffering from a lack of staff and overcrowding.
According to figures from Calcalist, only about 20 foreign airlines are still operating flights to and from Israel, compared to more than 150 airlines that were active before October 7.
In contrast, finding a seat on a plane departing from Beirut An almost impossible task, with the majority of foreign airlines canceling their flights and air traffic being limited to one company Lebanese Airlines. The official website of Rafic Hariri International Airport shows (Beirut) Dozens of incoming and outgoing flights were cancelled, with most flights being operated by the Lebanese airline and some other companies such as Ethiopian and Iraqi Airlines and the low-cost Turkish Pegasus company.
Fears of the expansion of the conflict prompted many airlines to stop their flights or extend the flight suspension procedure that was already in effect. Several countries asked their nationals to leave or avoid traveling to Lebanon. Britain, France, and Canada also announced steps to evacuate their nationals.
The German Lufthansa Airlines Group announced on Tuesday that it had extended the suspension of its flights to Beirut and Tel Aviv due to “the current situation in the Middle East.” The group said in a statement that flights to Beirut will be suspended until November 30, while flights to Tel Aviv will be canceled until October 31, while flights to Tehran will remain canceled until October 14. As announced Swiss airline In a statement, it suspended its flights to Beirut and Tel Aviv.
With a large number of airlines canceling their flights to Tel Aviv, the Israeli airline El Al benefited from the decline in competition to achieve record profits in the second quarter of 2024 at $147 million, an increase of about 150 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2023. The company had faced a major financial crisis. At the beginning of the decade, its debts reached more than one billion dollars.
