MAJOR EUROPEAN AIRLINES HALT ISRAEL FLIGHTS AS CRISIS WITH PALESTINE MOUNTS

Thu 13 May 2021:

Major European airlines, including Austrian Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa, have suspended flights to Israel due to the conflict on the border with Palestine, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

German company Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines stated that they would not carry out flights from Frankfurt, Vienna and Munich on Thursday and Friday, the Haaretz newspaper reported.

In addition, authorities of Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport decided earlier on Thursday to reroute all incoming flights to the Ramon airport in the country’s south because of ongoing rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.

A day prior, an American Airlines spokesperson told Sputnik that the company had canceled its flights to Tel Aviv for May 12-13 due to the escalation of violence in the region. Among those who temporarily stopped their flights to Israel are also United Airlines and Delta Air Lines.