Lufthansa group suspends Tel Aviv flights following Houthi attacks on Israel
BERLIN: Airline group Lufthansa will suspend its flights to Tel Aviv through May 25, it said on Thursday, citing the 'current situation.'
This affects flights operated by Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Eurowings, ITA Airways, Brussels Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo, it added.
Global airlines have again halted their flights to and from Tel Aviv after a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi toward Israel on May 4 landed near the country's main international airport in Tel Aviv.
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