Air France and Dutch airline KLM have canceled flights to Israel, Dubai and Saudi Arabia until at least Sunday, citing “security tensions in the region” amid concern of renewed conflict with Iran, according to Hebrew media.
The airlines are both owned by the same holding company, called Air France-KLM.
The move follows Lufthansa Group’s decision last week to cancel night-time flights to Israel until at least the end of January. The group includes carriers Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings.
The cancellations came as the US beefed up its military presence in the region amid threats to strike Iran over its brutal repression of recent anti-regime protests.
However, there have been no special security warnings from either European or Israeli aviation authorities, and the Israel Defense Forces on Friday also reiterated that there were no changes in the military’s guidelines for the Israeli public.
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“Ahead of the Sabbath, I want to say to all citizens of Israel: the IDF is optimally prepared, both defensively and offensively. It is important to emphasize that there is no change to the Home Front Command’s instructions. We will ensure to update you if there is any change,” said IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin on X.
Emanuel Fabian contributed to this report.
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