“This corresponds to approximately 30 percent of the regular flight schedule.”
Frankfurt:
German airline group Lufthansa said on Friday it plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv from January 8, after the service was suspended in early October following the Hamas attack on Israel.
The group's airlines will initially offer “a total of 20 weekly connections to and from Tel Aviv,” Lufthansa said in a statement. “This corresponds to approximately 30 percent of the regular flight schedule.”
Lufthansa Airlines will offer connections from Frankfurt and Munich, while Austrian Airlines and SWISS will also restart the service.
The Lufthansa group halted flights to Israel on October 9 due to security concerns after Hamas militants carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7.
Other airlines, including British Airways, Air France-KLM and US carrier Delta, also canceled flights to Tel Aviv in the wake of the attack.
In addition, Lufthansa suspended flights to and from the Lebanese capital Beirut on October 13 as tensions in the region increased.
Flights to Beirut resumed on Friday by Lufthansa and its subsidiaries SWISS and Eurowings, the group said.
“The Lufthansa Group continues to closely monitor the security situation in Israel and is in close contact with local and international authorities,” the statement said.
“Possible adjustments to the flight schedule should be expected due to changing conditions.”
According to Israeli officials, the Hamas attack on October 7 killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
The Israeli army launched a massive retaliation campaign that has left much of the Gaza Strip in ruins.
More than 18,700 people have been killed, mostly women and children, the Hamas-run Gaza Strip's health ministry said.
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