The airline Air France announced this Wednesday the extension of the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until November 5 inclusive “due to the security situation” and recalled that its connections with Beirut remained suspended until November 30 inclusive.
“Due to the security situation at the destination, Air France extends the suspension of its routes between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv (Israel) until Tuesday, November 5, 2024 inclusive,” the company said in a statement. Until now flights were officially suspended until October 29. Connections between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Beirut, Lebanon, remain “suspended until and including Saturday, November 30, 2024,” Air France said.
“Individually advised” clients
“The resumption of operations will be subject to an assessment of the situation on site,” the company said in a statement, specifying that “affected customers will be informed individually and offered postponement or refund solutions.” .
The statement does not mention its low-cost subsidiary, Transavia, which until now has modeled its flight suspensions according to the same schedule as Air France. Israel, at war since September against Hezbollah, intensified its bombing on Wednesday against the strongholds of the Shiite movement in Lebanon, targeting the city of Baalbek in the east on Wednesday, from where civilians were fleeing en masse, and the south. of the country.
The new leader of Hezbollah, Naïm Qassem, declared himself ready for a ceasefire with Israel under “conditions”, but considered that there is still no serious project on the table. At the same time, Israel continues its deadly attacks against Hamas in Gaza, at a time when the mediating countries are preparing to propose a truce “of less than a month”, providing for an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel and a increase humanitarian aid, according to a source close to the negotiations.
Source: BFM TV
