Beirut sees more flights cancelled amid Hezbollah-Israel escalation

Passengers are stranded due to the suspension or delay of flights at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport in response to the potential threat of an Israeli military attack on Lebanon on July 29, 2024 [Turgut Alp Boyraz/Anadolu Agency]

Greece’s Aegean Airlines and Germany’s Condor cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday, the latest airlines to suspend services to the Lebanese capital in recent days as tensions escalate between Israel and Hezbollah, Reuters has reported.

Aegean said that it would suspend flights until Thursday, while Condor cancelled Tuesday’s flight from Dusseldorf. Air France and Lufthansa Group carriers Swiss, Eurowings and Lufthansa announced flight cancellations on Monday.

A number of other carriers have suspended, delayed or cancelled some flights, although Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport listed arrivals on Tuesday from airlines including Pegasus, Emirates, Royal Jordanian, EgyptAir, Iran Air, Qatar Airways and Etihad.

Lebanon has been bracing for retaliation from Israel since a strike on Saturday in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights killed 12 children and teenagers from the local Druze community. Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the attack.

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