SWISS suspends flights to Beirut

Lufthansa announced on Monday that return flights to the Lebanese capital have been cancelled until August 5. The measure, which is justified on security grounds, affects Lufthansa and SWISS as well as their subsidiary Eurowings.

Israel announced on Sunday that it would respond “with force” to an attack for which it blamed the Lebanese Hezbollah. On Saturday, twelve young people were killed in the attack on a soccer field in the Golan Heights. The Israeli security cabinet authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to “decide how and when to respond to the terrorist organization Hezbollah.”

The incident renewed fears that the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, sparked by the October 7 attack, could spill over into Lebanon.

Other airlines have also cancelled or rescheduled flights in the wake of these events. Air France and Transavia France have also announced that they will cancel their flights to Beirut on Monday and Tuesday “due to the security situation at the destination”.

A flight operated by Greek airline Aegean was cancelled on Sunday evening, a source at the Greek airport told AFP on Monday. Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines said in a statement it had postponed several flights for Sunday and Monday, citing “technical reasons related to the distribution of insurance risks”.

Since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began in October, Israeli forces and Hezbollah have been engaged in cross-border firefights. Against this backdrop, the Lufthansa Group has suspended its flights to the region several times in recent months since the conflict began.

Adapted from French by DeepL/ac

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