Extra airways cancel Beirut, Lebanon flights as Israel-Hezbollah battle escalates

Extra airways are suspending their flights to and from Lebanon’s capital of Beirut this week because the combating between Israel and Hezbollah is rising, leaving fewer choices accessible for Individuals seeking to flee the nation. 

The developments come as Israel launched one other wave of airstrikes towards Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Wednesday in response to the terrorist group firing off a ballistic missile that compelled thousands and thousands to take cowl in bomb shelters in Tel Aviv. Hezbollah mentioned the long-range projectile — which in the end was intercepted — was heading towards the headquarters of the Mossad intelligence company. 

Egyptair, Emirates, Etihad, flydubai and Qatar Airways are among the many airways this week which have now suspended flights to and from Beirut because of the unstable safety state of affairs, in accordance with Reuters and Al Arabiya. 

Reuters additionally reviews that Britain has suggested United Kingdom-based airways to not fly into Lebanese airspace till Nov. 4, citing a “potential risk to aviation from military activity”. 

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An info board exhibits cancelled flights, at Beirut Rafic Hariri Worldwide Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 24.  (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir / Reuters)

Lufthansa Group, whose passenger airways embody Lufthansa Airways, SWISS, Austrian Airways, Brussels Airways and Eurowings, advised FOX Enterprise final week that “due to the current situation” within the Center East, “flights to Beirut will be suspended until October 26, 2024.”   

As of Wednesday, solely flights from Lebanon’s flag provider Center East Airways, Iraqi Airways and UM Air are nonetheless departing Beirut Rafic Hariri Worldwide Airport. 

Turkish Airways, which has a scheduled flight Thursday from Beirut to Istanbul, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from FOX Enterprise. 

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A Lebanese Center East Airways aircraft is parked on the tarmac of Beirut-Rafic Hariri Worldwide Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir / Reuters)

Yesterday, the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon mentioned “most airlines have suspended or cancelled flights, and many flights have sold out; however, limited commercial transportation options to leave Lebanon still remain available.  

“We urge those that want to depart Lebanon to guide any ticket accessible to them, even when that flight doesn’t depart instantly or doesn’t comply with their first-choice route,” the Embassy warned. 

Smoke billows over Khiam in southern Lebanon during ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces on Wednesday, Sept. 25. (Reuters/Karamallah Daher / Reuters)

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“We suggest that U.S. residents who select to not depart Lebanon put together contingency plans for emergency conditions and be ready to shelter in place for an prolonged time frame,” it added.