Some airlines have even suspended routes to Israel and Iran altogether as the region is poised to explode into all-out war.
Lufthansa Group — which operates Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, and Swiss Air — suspended all flights to Beirut until November 30, flights to Tel Aviv until October 31, and flights to Tehran until October 14, Fortune reported.
KLM, out of the Netherlands, has suspended flights to Tel Aviv through the end of the year.
Those cancellations come after the European Commission and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency — which regulates air safety for Europe — recommended on Saturday that airlines avoid the airspace between Lebanon and Israel, citing “an overall intensification of air strikes and degradation in the security situation.”
Israel launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on Monday to begin rooting out the terrorist group Hezbollah, after a year of sporadic rocket volleys back and forth.
Iran responded with the Tuesday missile barrage — which ultimately proved to be largely ineffective, as only two Israelis were wounded, and the only death was a Palestinian in the West Bank killed by falling debris from an intercepted missile.
Nevertheless, Israel has vowed to respond, leading to heightened fears of an all out war in the region.
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