German airline Lufthansa told DPA that it intends to reduce the number of flights to Israel amid news of the developing military conflict. For now we are only talking about today: “Given the current security situation, the Lufthansa group airline will reduce its flight schedule to and from Tel Aviv this Saturday.”
This information is reported by TASS with reference to the German news agency. The press service of Red Wings Airlines also contacted the Russian agency with information that flights to Israel and back “are being carried out normally” and “no changes to the arrival and departure schedule are planned.”
Directly in the country, which was subject to rocket attacks by the Palestinian Hamas movement from the Gaza Strip, airports in the southern and central regions are closed to commercial and private traffic.
Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv is operational, but many arrivals and departures are delayed. The port’s website indicates delays on several flights of Turkish Airlines, Flydubai, Emirates and Israel Airlines.
None of the Russian airlines fly to southern Israel, where active hostilities are taking place. The airline Aeroflot specifically highlighted that it does not even carry out transit flights over the country’s territory.
Foreign airlines that have temporarily restricted flights include Swiss Air, Austrian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, LOT, Wizz Air and Air Baltic. The Israeli publication Walla also reports that a United Airlines flight from San Francisco was diverted midway and a Wizz Air flight from Debrecen to Israel was detained in Cyprus.
The Russian Union of the Tourist Industry (RST) and the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR) report that there are now about 100 “organized tourists” from the Russian Federation in Israel and an unknown number of Russians who went on individual trips or received treatment . in the country.
In the context of the state of emergency declared in Israel, the Russian embassy in the country called on its compatriots to “follow the instructions of the Home Front Command” and remain in safe places while awaiting statements from officials.
Author:
Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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