Lufthansa Group has once again modified its flight schedule to Middle East areas affected by the escalating tensions between Israel, Lebanon, and Iran.
The company indicated that its flights to Tel Aviv and Tehran will remain suspended until September 2, inclusive, while flights to Beirut will not resume, at least until September 30.
Flights to Amman (Jordan) and Erbil (Iraq) will be resumed starting August 27. The latter city can be served thanks to the implementation of an air corridor in northern Iraqi airspace to ensure safe operations.
Passengers with flights that have not been affected by the suspensions (at least for now) with tickets for after September 15 may cancel their reservations at no cost.
“We regret the inconvenience caused to our passengers given the current situation,” the company stated.
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Lufthansa Group in the Middle East
The various airlines that make up Lufthansa Group operated around 117 weekly flights to the Middle East until June, representing an offer of 24,000 seats per direction, according to information obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium. In August, the presence in the region decreased to 84 flights and 18,000 seats per direction.
In August, Brussels Airlines had a weekly flight scheduled to Tel Aviv from Brussels; Austrian Airlines seven weekly flights from Vienna; SWISS, three weekly flights from Zurich; Lufthansa, three weekly flights from Munich and three weekly flights from Frankfurt; and Eurowings one weekly flight from Dusseldorf.
To Tehran, Austrian Airlines had six weekly flights scheduled from Vienna and Lufthansa six weekly flights from Frankfurt. To Beirut, SWISS planned to operate one weekly flight.
On the other hand, to Erbil, Iraq, six weekly flights were scheduled by Austrian from Vienna, two weekly flights by Eurowings from Stuttgart, Hamburg, and Berlin, and three weekly flights from Dusseldorf.
To Amman, Austrian Airlines schedules seven weekly flights from Vienna and Lufthansa seven weekly flights from Frankfurt.
