NEW YORK, Aug 2 – U.S. carriers Delta Air Lines and United Airlines on late Wednesday temporarily suspended their flights to the Israeli city of Tel Aviv amid heightening tensions in the Middle East region.
United Airlines suspended its daily services to and from Tel Aviv, beginning with Wednesday evening’s flight from Newark Liberty International Airport in New York to Tel Aviv, the company said, citing “security reasons.”
Delta paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through Friday, Aug. 2, “due to ongoing conflict in the region,” the airline said on its website.
The U.S. Department of State updated a travel advisory for the Mideast region on Wednesday, warning U.S. citizens not to travel to Northern Israel and the West Bank, due to the rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, as well as armed conflicts.
