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Foreign airlines cancel flights to Israel

Wizz Air, British Airways and Azerbaijan Airlines canceled flights on Tuesday.

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A Wizz Air flight prepares to take off from Ben-Gurion International Airport, Sept. 3, 2014. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.
(Sept. 24, 2024 / JNS)

Foreign airlines are continuing to suspend flights to and from Ben-Gurion Airport amid the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Wizz Air, British Airways and Azerbaijan Airlines canceled flights on Tuesday.

The Lufthansa Group, which includes Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings, announced on Monday that it was extending its suspension of flights to Ben-Gurion Airport until Oct. 14.

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