Sunday, August 4, 2024 Spanish airlines Iberia and Air Europa cancelled upcoming flights to Israel Saturday, joining a fast-growing list of carriers to suspend the route or cancel some flights. Israel remains braced for a large-scale attack by Iran and Hezbollah, amid fears of an escalating regional conflict. Iberia Express cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Monday.
Air Europa’s daily flights to and from Israel are canceled from Sunday to Wednesday, though an outbound flight to Madrid would proceed as planned Saturday. The cancellations have left some 100,000 Israelis stranded abroad, a media reported, citing sources in the aviation industry. According to the report, people stuck overseas are advised to travel to Greece or Cyprus and catch a flight from there back to Israel.
National carrier El Al has not seen any disruptions to its schedule. The media news reported Saturday night that it was adding five flights to help bring home Israelis stranded overseas. The Foreign Ministry on Saturday published an online form to help provide assistance to the tens of thousands of Israelis stuck abroad with no way home due to the cancellations.
As of Saturday, at least 18 airlines have canceled flights to and from Israel, as Hezbollah and Iran have threatened to attack following the killings of top terror leaders. Below is an alphabetical list of airlines’ cancellations as of August 3 (cancellations could be extended further, based on developments): Aegean (Greece) — flig.