Flights cancelled due to Israel-Palestinian conflict
Israel’s escalating conflict with the Palestinians saw several airlines suspend services.
Dutch airline KLM has halted flights to Israel for the time being, Dutch public broadcaster NOS said.
British Airways cancelled its service to and from Tel Aviv on Thursday and Virgin Atlantic also did the same for Thursday and Friday.
Germany’s flag carrier cancelled flights for Thursday and Friday, adding: “Lufthansa expects to resume its flight operations to Israel beginning Saturday, May 15.”
The Spanish airline cancelled its flight Madrid to Tel Aviv for Thursday and Friday-Saturday’s return leg.
United, which operates 18 flights weekly to Israel, said it was suspending operations.
Delta and American Airlines also confirmed they have suspended services between New York and Tel Aviv.
The Polish airline said it had “suspended flights to Israel for the moment”.
