It was business as usual at Ben Gurion Airport today, with 353 international flights and an expected 60,900 passengers passing through. More than 50,000 passengers passed through yesterday, despite Israeli airspace being closed for several hours in the morning following a preemptive strike by the IDF against Hezbollah rocket launchers in Lebanon. Tens of thousands of passengers faced long wait times at the airport on one of the busiest days of the year.
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Many foreign airlines suspended operations en masse yesterday, including Wizz Air, Air France, British Airways, flydubai, Etihad Airways, Bulgaria Air, Bluebird, Corendon Airlines, Azerbaijan Airlines, Hainan Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines, which was the first to announce it would resume operations last night. Wizz Air, flydubai, Etihad Airways, Bulgaria Air, Bluebird, Corendon Airlines and Hainan Airlines have resumed operations today.
Air France, British Airways, Aegean Airlines and Azerbaijan Airlines have yet to announce when they will resume operations, while the Lufthansa Group, including Swissair and Austrian Airlines, has cancelled all flights until September 2nd.
Ryanair and Broadway Atlantic have cancelled all flights until the end of September, while Delta, United, Air India, Air Canada, Vueling and Korean Air have cancelled all flights until the end of October. EasyJet, American Airlines, Emirates, Turkish Airlines and Cathay Pacific have suspended flights until March 2025.
The three Israeli airlines, El Al, Israir and Arkia, are operating normally and have added new flights to various destinations in Europe.
Published by Globes (en.globes.co.il), an Israeli business news site, on August 26, 2024.
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