1/10/2024–|Last updated: 10/1/202411:27 PM (Mecca time)
Occupation Army Radio reported that take-off and landing operations were halted at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after Iran fired missiles at Israel.
Israel
An airport spokesman said: “There are currently no take-offs and landings.”
The Airports Authority also announced that no aircraft will be allowed to take off or arrive at all Israeli airports.
The airport authorities returned to say that Israel will reopen the airspace and resume take-offs and landings in the coming hours.
Lebanon
In Lebanon, Transport Minister Ali Hamiya announced the temporary closure of airspace to air traffic for two hours.
He said in a post on the X platform, “Due to regional developments, the airspace will be closed to air traffic for two hours, and the resumption of flights will be evaluated later.”
The minister later announced that only flights heading to the west would be allowed to take off.
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Jordan
For his part, he stopped Jordan Air traffic was temporarily suspended today, Tuesday, after the missile launch, according to what the Jordanian News Agency (Petra) reported.
But Jordan announced the opening of its airspace to air traffic again.
Iraq
As the Ministry of Transport said in Iraq The concerned authorities closed the airspace after the Iraqi airspace began to be cleared of incoming, departing and transiting aircraft, “in order to preserve the safety of air navigation and aircraft crossing Iraq,” according to what was reported by the official news agency.
Iran
In Iran, the Civil Aviation Organization announced the cancellation of all flights until 10 am tomorrow local time.
The ISNA news agency also quoted the CEO of Tehran International Airport, Saeed Shalandari, as saying, “At the present time, we have suspended flights at Tehran International Airport.”
Kuwait Airways Company changes the routes of some of its flights in coordination with the General Administration of Civil Aviation due to the current conditions in the region.
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Kuwait
In Kuwait, Kuwait Airways changed the routes of some of its flights due to the “current situation.”
The official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) quoted the country's General Administration of Civil Aviation as saying – Tuesday evening – that it “dealt with all aircraft belonging to the State of Kuwait and diverted their routes to be safe from the events taking place in the region and the state of instability in the turbulent skies.”
Companies cancel their flights to Israel and countries in the region
The German airline Lufthansa said today that it will avoid the airspace of Iran, Iraq and Jordan until October 2, suspending flights to and from Amman and Erbil.
Lufthansa announced today that it will extend the suspension of its flights to Beirut until November 30, and the Dutch “KLM” also extended the suspension of its flights to Israel until the end of the year.
The company extended the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until October 31, and will maintain the suspension of its flights to Tehran until October 14.
KLM spokeswoman Elvira van der Wies said that taking into account the situation in the region, “we have decided to extend the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year.”
The company also announced in August that it would suspend its flights to Israel until October 26.
Its Swiss subsidiary took the same step by suspending its flights to and from Tel Aviv until Thursday, October 31, inclusive.
All flights to and from Beirut, which were suspended until October 26, will be cancelled, including Saturday, November 30.
The Lufthansa Group, which also includes Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, has adjusted its flight schedule several times in recent months due to the increasing tension in the Middle East, as have other airlines.
Yesterday evening, Air France-KLM also announced the suspension of Air France and Transavia flights to Beirut and Tel Aviv from Paris at least until October 8 “due to the security situation.”
The group said in a statement that the resumption of flights with Beirut, which was suspended on September 18, and with Tel Aviv, which resumed on September 21 after a 3-day suspension, “will remain subject to an assessment of the situation on the ground.”
It is noteworthy that the Greek airline canceled its flights to and from Beirut until October 31, and to and from Tel Aviv until October 6.
For its part, Air Baltic in Latvia canceled its flights to and from Tel Aviv until October 31, and the Spanish airline also canceled its flights to Israel until October 2, among a larger number of companies.