Lufthansa Group said in a statement on Monday that it has suspended its flights to the Lebanese capital Beirut until July 30 due to the current situation in the Middle East.
The company added that the group's flights, which include Swiss International Air Lines, Eurowings and Lufthansa, were suspended "as a precautionary measure".
This comes as Lebanon's Middle East Airlines also said on Monday that the irregularity of its flight schedules was related to insurance risks amid rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, which caused some flights to be cancelled or delayed at Beirut airport.
A rocket attack that killed 12 people in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday has raised fears of a full-scale war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
The Israeli security cabinet has authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to respond to the attack.
Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the attack, which caused the highest number of deaths in Israel and the territory it has annexed since Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7 sparked the war in Gaza.
Lufthansa and its subsidiary Eurowings canceled three flights to Beirut that were scheduled to depart on Monday afternoon, according to the airport’s departure and arrival board and flight tracking website FlightRadar24.
FlightRadar24 data also showed that Turkish Airlines canceled two flights on Sunday night.
Turkish budget carrier SunExpress, Turkish Airlines subsidiary AJet, Greece’s Aegean Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Middle East Airlines also canceled flights that were scheduled to arrive in Beirut on Monday.
The airlines did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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