More airlines are cancelling flights to Israel amid rising tensions

Amid ongoing tensions successful Israel, much airlines are cancelling flights, pinch immoderate offering recreation credits aliases refunds arsenic a result.

Some of nan cancellations travel amid concerns by diplomats that an escalation into all-out location warfare could hap aft caller Israeli strikes that subject officials opportunity killed elder Hamas leaders, and fears of convulsive retaliation.

In emails to Global News, Delta Air Lines and United confirmed they had paused flights to Tel Aviv for information reasons.

United said nan suspension began Wednesday nighttime pinch its Newark Liberty to Tel Aviv work and it was evaluating its adjacent steps and would proceed to intimately show nan business and “make decisions connected resuming work pinch a attraction connected nan information of our customers and crews.”

Delta said it was besides monitoring nan business and in a news release noted its flights had been paused done to Aug. 2, pinch each income suspended to that date.

Customers impacted would person notifications astir nan change. However, it added that flights done its partner airlines Air France and EL AL Israel Airlines would stay bookable done Delta’s website “when available.”

The hose added that a recreation waiver had been issued for customers who booked recreation to aliases from Tel Aviv pinch Delta earlier Aug. 14.

While Delta and United precocious made cancellations, Air Canada suspended its flights weeks ago.

On July 11, Air Canada suspended its scheduled flights to Tel Aviv until mid-October, pinch nan adjacent formation from Toronto taking disconnected Oct. 15 and from Montreal not until summertime 2025.

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The hose said successful a news merchandise those impacted for flights up until Aug. 5 will beryllium capable to rebook to replacement flights aliases person a recreation in installments aliases refund. However, it adds if tickets were purchased done a recreation agency they must beryllium contacted.

When nan conflict betwixt Israel and Hamas erupted pursuing nan deadly Hamas onslaught connected Oct. 7, 2023, respective awesome airlines suspended flights successful and retired of Israel. Since then, immoderate airlines person resumed recreation while others, for illustration American Airlines, person not.

In fact, successful its most caller update arsenic of July 19, American continued its region connected flights and advised alteration fees would beryllium waived if a summons had been bought by Feb. 11 and if they are scheduled to alert betwixt Oct. 7 and Oct. 28. The interest besides tin beryllium waived if capable to recreation betwixt Oct. 26 and Nov. 24 aliases moreover cancel nan travel and petition a refund.

Virgin Airlines besides has kept their flights paused, pinch nan hose successful February saying nan suspension will stay until and including Sept. 4, 2024.

— pinch files from The Associated Press