Lufthansa Group announces resumption of Israel flights

The Lufthansa Group, which consists of Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Swissair and Eurowings, has announced that it will resume flights to and from Israel from September 5 after more than a month of suspension. The group operates a large number of flights to various destinations in Europe.

Following the deadly July 27 rocket attack fired by Hezbollah on the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams that killed 12 children and young people, international airlines began canceling flights to Israel, fearing Israeli retaliation. Lufthansa Group was the first to announce the changes, starting with the cancellation of flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Israel, and from Israel to Frankfurt. The company gradually expanded the cancellations to full days, which lasted for more than a month. Airlines including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Ryanair and easyJet followed suit but have not yet resumed service.

The Lufthansa Group also canceled flights to other destinations in the region, including Beirut, Tehran, Amman and Erbil. The suspension of flights to Beirut is currently scheduled to last until September 30. Flights to Amman and Erbil resumed on August 27. As for flights to and from Tel Aviv, Lufthansa said it was still unclear whether the group would return to its pre-cancellation area of ​​operation.

Lufthansa Group is the largest airline group in Europe and a member of Star Alliance, the world’s largest airline alliance. Like other international airlines, the group suspended flights to Israel since October 7, but was one of the first to resume in January 2024. Apart from a brief suspension following the Iranian missile and drone attacks on Israel on April 13, the group’s airlines had continued flying to Israel until the recent suspension.

Published by Globes (en.globes.co.il), an Israeli business news site, on September 3, 2024.

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