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(FILES) The logo of German airline Lufthansa can be seen on the vertical stabilizer of a plane standing with other Lufthansa aircrafts at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on March 7, 2024. German airline Lufthansa said on August 1, 2024 it will suspend all flights to Tel Aviv until August 8 and will extend its suspension of flights to Beirut by a week until August 12. "Due to current developments, the Lufthansa Group is once again adjusting its service to the Middle East," said a spokesman for the airline, which also includes SWISS and Austrian Airlines. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
German airline giant Lufthansa said Monday that its flights would avoid Iraqi and Iranian airspace until at least August 7 amid heightened tension in the region.
In a statement the airline said that "based on its current security analysis" it "will not be using Iranian and Iraqi airspace up to and including August 7", adding that flights to Amman and Erbil would be suspended up to the same date and that those to Tel Aviv, Tehran and Beirut would be suspended until August 12.
