Airlines avoid Mideast airspace and cancel Israel flights
Airlines are avoiding Iranian and Lebanese airspace and cancelling flights to Israel and Lebanon, as concerns grow over a possible conflict in the region after the killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah this week, reports Reuters.
Today, Singapore Airlines no longer uses Iranian airspace for any of its routes, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24. The Singapore Airlines flight to London's Heathrow Airport this morning went through Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan instead of Iran, as it did the day before.
In the past two days, Air India, the German Lufthansa group, the American carriers United Airlines and Delta Air and Italy's ITA Airways said they had suspended flights to Tel Aviv.
Canada has issued a notice to Canadian aircraft to avoid Lebanese airspace for a month due to the risk to aviation posed by military activity. Over the past month, Britain has warned pilots about the potential risk posed by anti-aircraft weapons and military activity in Lebanon's airspace.
Today, [the ambassador of our country in Tel-Aviv, Alexandr Roitman, advised Moldovan citizens to avoid any trip to Israel](https://radiomoldova.md/p/38106/ambasadorul-r-moldova-in-israel-situatia -is-uncertain-and-citizens-must-take-in-account-of-the-alert-messages-issued-by-the-authorities-from-Chisinau), in case there is no urgent need.
