Airlines agonise over safety risk of Israel flights
AIRLINES wrestled with the safety risk of evacuation operations in Israel on Thursday, with carriers including Dutch KLM cancelling flights while sister airline Air France mounted a special relief flight chartered by the French foreign ministry. Airlines have faced warnings over insurance coverage in the wake of the weekend attacks on Israel by Palestinian Hamas…
Adil Aziz
Major airlines cancel dozens of flights to Tel Aviv
MAJOR airlines have cancelled dozens of flights to Tel Aviv over the weekend after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale attack against Israel. American Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa, Emirates and Ryanair are among those pulling flights to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport. However airport authorities did not stop commercial air links with Israel’s…