Airlines extend flight suspensions to Israel, Lebanon as Mideast tensions soar

Several airlines extended their suspension of flights to and from Israel and Lebanon amid soaring tensions in the already volatile Middle East following Iran’s missile attacks on Israel on Tuesday. This comes even as Israeli airspace reopened after Iran’s missile barrage and flights were expected to resume in the next hour.
The region, which is teetering on the brink of a full-blown war, saw a flare-up in tensions after Israel launched a limited ground operation in Lebanon to target Hezbollah strongholds. That operation came after Hassan Nasrallah, the chief of the Iran-backed group, was killed in an airstrike in Beirut last week.
Top airlines, including Lufthansa, KLM, Emirates and Swiss announced their suspension of flights to and from Israel, Iran and Lebanon, as tensions spiral in the region, already in strife amid Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza since October 7 last year.