Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific announced on Sunday that it was canceling all its flights between the city and Tel Aviv until the end of the year, due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
It also asked its customers to continue checking their flight information and announcements for updates on departures after December 31.
According to Israeli authorities, more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Israel following the Hamas attack on October 7. Israel responded with relentless bombing in the Gaza Strip that killed more than 4,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the Palestinian Islamist movement’s Health Ministry.
Tens of thousands of Israeli troops are massing around Gaza in preparation for a ground invasion they say will take place soon.
A series of flight cancellations to Tel Aviv
Cathay Pacific is the latest in a series of airlines to suspend flights to Israel due to the conflict. Last week, the American Delta announced that it was canceling all its flights to the country and that it was looking for “safe alternatives” for its customers traveling to Tel Aviv.
American Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa, Emirates and Ryanair also suspended flights to Tel Aviv last weekend. The Israeli airline El Al has announced that it will maintain its flights to Tel Aviv for the moment, although some flights operated by foreign partners have been cancelled.
El Al added that it was operating “according to instructions from Israeli security forces” and that flights were departing only from Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport.
Source: BFM TV
