After a rocket from Lebanon hit the Golan Heights on Saturday, killing 12 people (most of them children), and with a potential Israeli response and uncertainty about how the situation might escalate, several airlines have announced since yesterday the suspension of their regular flights to Beirut.
Air France, Transavia France, and Royal Jordanian stated that they would not fly to Lebanon on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30.
Lufthansa, on the other hand, went further and suspended all its flights until August 5 inclusive. SWISS, part of the Lufthansa Group, took the same measure.
Middle East Airlines, the national airline of Lebanon, announced yesterday the rescheduling of a dozen flights for Monday, citing «technical reasons related to the distribution of aircraft insurance risks between Lebanon and other destinations.»
On Monday morning, the flight board at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport shows canceled flights from Transavia France, Lufthansa, and Air France, as well as flights from Ethiopian Airlines from Addis Ababa, Eurowings from Dusseldorf and Stockholm, Turkish Airlines from Istanbul, Aegean from Athens, SunExpress from Antalya, and Egyptair from Cairo.
Flights in Beirut
According to information gathered by Aviacionline through Cirium, the current destination offerings at Beirut airport cover 57 cities by 37 airlines.
| Aerolínea | Destino | Vuelos semanales |
|---|---|---|
| Air Arabia Abu Dhabi | AUH : Abu Dhabi, AE | 4 |
| Aegean | ATH : Athens, GR | 7 |
| Georgian Airways | TBS : Tbilisi, GE | 2 |
| Air France | CDG : Paris-De Gaulle, FR | 7 |
| Air Algerie | ALG : Algiers, DZ | 1 |
| Cyprus Airways | LCA : Larnaca, CY | 6 |
| Condor | DUS : Duesseldorf, DE | 1 |
| Emirates | DXB : Dubai, AE | 14 |
| Ethiopian Airlines | ADD : Addis Ababa, ET | 14 |
| Eurowings | ARN : Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Eurowings | BER : Berlin, DE | 1 |
| Eurowings | DUS : Duesseldorf, DE | 1 |
| Etihad | AUH : Abu Dhabi, AE | 7 |
| Flydubai | DXB : Dubai, AE | 21 |
| Air Arabia | SHJ : Sharjah, AE | 15 |
| Transavia | AMS : Amsterdam, NL | 3 |
| Iraqi Airways | BGW : Baghdad, IQ | 13 |
| Iraqi Airways | BSR : Basrah, IQ | 3 |
| Iraqi Airways | EBL : Erbil, IQ | 2 |
| Iraqi Airways | ISU : Sulaymaniyah, IQ | 2 |
| Iraqi Airways | NJF : Al Najaf, IQ | 4 |
| Fly Baghdad | BGW : Baghdad, IQ | 2 |
| Fly Baghdad | NJF : Al Najaf, IQ | 1 |
| Fly Baghdad | IKA : Tehran, IR | 1 |
| Jazeera Airways | KWI : Kuwait, KW | 9 |
| Kuwait Airways | KWI : Kuwait, KW | 5 |
| Lufthansa | FRA : Frankfurt, DE | 7 |
| LOT | WAW : Warsaw, PL | 4 |
| SWISS | ZRH : Zurich, CH | 2 |
| Middle East Airlines | ACC : Accra, GH | 2 |
| Middle East Airlines | AMM : Amman, JO | 10 |
| Middle East Airlines | ATH : Athens, GR | 11 |
| Middle East Airlines | AUH : Abu Dhabi, AE | 7 |
| Middle East Airlines | BGW : Baghdad, IQ | 12 |
| Middle East Airlines | BRU : Brussels, BE | 5 |
| Middle East Airlines | CAI : Cairo, EG | 13 |
| Middle East Airlines | CDG : Paris-De Gaulle, FR | 14 |
| Middle East Airlines | CPH : Copenhagen, DK | 4 |
| Middle East Airlines | DMM : Dammam, SA | 4 |
| Middle East Airlines | DOH : Doha, QA | 11 |
| Middle East Airlines | DUS : Duesseldorf, DE | 7 |
| Middle East Airlines | DXB : Dubai, AE | 21 |
| Middle East Airlines | EBL : Erbil, IQ | 4 |
| Middle East Airlines | EVN : Yerevan, AM | 3 |
| Middle East Airlines | FCO : Rome-Da Vinci, IT | 5 |
| Middle East Airlines | FRA : Frankfurt, DE | 7 |
| Middle East Airlines | GOT : Goteborg, SE | 1 |
| Middle East Airlines | GVA : Geneva, CH | 5 |
| Middle East Airlines | IST : Istanbul, TR | 21 |
| Middle East Airlines | JED : Jeddah, SA | 14 |
| Middle East Airlines | KWI : Kuwait, KW | 11 |
| Middle East Airlines | LCA : Larnaca, CY | 14 |
| Middle East Airlines | LHR : London-Heathrow, EN, GB | 14 |
| Middle East Airlines | LOS : Lagos, NG | 2 |
| Middle East Airlines | MAD : Madrid, ES | 4 |
| Middle East Airlines | MXP : Milan-Malpensa, IT | 4 |
| Middle East Airlines | NCE : Nice, FR | 5 |
| Middle East Airlines | NJF : Al Najaf, IQ | 3 |
| Middle East Airlines | RUH : Riyadh, SA | 15 |
| EgyptAir | CAI : Cairo, EG | 21 |
| SalamAir | MCT : Muscat, OM | 2 |
| Pegasus | AYT : Antalya, TR | 7 |
| PEgasus | DLM : Dalaman, TR | 3 |
| Pegasus | SAW : Istanbul, TR | 14 |
| Qatar Airways | DOH : Doha, QA | 21 |
| Royal Jordanian | AMM : Amman, JO | 21 |
| Tarom | OTP : Bucharest, RO | 6 |
| Cham Wings Airlines | DAM : Damascus, SY | 1 |
| Cham Wings Airlines | KAC : Kameshli, SY | 1 |
| Sundair | BER : Berlin, DE | 4 |
| Sundair | BRE : Bremen, DE | 1 |
| Turkish Airlines | IST : Istanbul, TR | 28 |
| Transavia France | LYS : Lyon, FR | 2 |
| Transavia France | MRS : Marseille, FR | 2 |
| Transavia France | ORY : Paris-Orly, FR | 7 |
| UR Airlines | BGW : Baghdad, IQ | 5 |
| UR Airlines | EBL : Erbil, IQ | 3 |
| UR Airlines | NJF : Al Najaf, IQ | 1 |
| Ajet | ADA : Adana, TR | 5 |
| Ajet | AYT : Antalya, TR | 4 |
| Ajet | DLM : Dalaman, TR | 3 |
| Ajet | ESB : Ankara, TR | 7 |
| SunExpress | ADB : Izmir, TR | 3 |
| SunExpress | AYT : Antalya, TR | 5 |
