Several weeks after a rocket attack penetrated air defenses and struck the outskirts of Tel Aviv’s main international airport, many carriers–including both US carriers–have resumed service to Israel, though several have extended flight cancellations, including the entire Lufthansa Group.

Flight Cancellations To Israel Extended: Full List

On May 4, 2025, a rocket attack from Yemen penetrated Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defense system and US-made THAAD missile defenses, landing near aircraft parked on the runway outside Terminal 1 at Ben Gurion (TLV), Tel Aviv’s main airport, on Sunday morning. While six people were injured, there were no deaths or life-threatening injuries and the airport was only closed for 30 minutes.

The Lufthansa Group, which was set to resume service to Tel Aviv in mid-May, has extended flight cancellations through June 23, 2025. On that date, services will “gradually” resume in the Group, with precise schedules and frequencies not yet determined.

“The decision to renew flights to Israel followed a comprehensive situation assessment and coordination with relevant authorities.”

United Airlines and Delta have both resumed service to Tel Aviv after evaluating service suspensions on a day-by-day basis. United initially pulled its Tel Aviv flight through June 12th, but resumed service on June 5, 2025. Delta resumed service May 20th. Air France and KLM resumed service last week.

As it stands now, the following major carriers have suspended service to TLV through the date indicated below:

• Air India – through July 1 2025
• Austrian Airlines – through June 23, 2025
• British Airways – through June 14, 2025
• Brussels Airlines – through June 23, 2025
• Eurowings – through June 23, 2025
• Iberia Express – through June 7, 2025
• ITA Airways – through June 15, 2025
• LOT Polish – through June 23, 2025
• Lufthansa – through June 23, 2025
• Ryanair – through July 31, 2025
• Swiss International Air Lines – through June 23, 2025

Several carriers have maintained or since resumed service, including:

• Aegean Airlines
• Air Europa
• Air France
• Arkia
• Azerbaijan Airlines
• Blue Bird Airways
• Cyprus Airways
• Delta Air Lines
• El Al
• Electra Airways
• Ethiopian Airlines
• Etihad Airways
• Flydubai
• Georgian Airways
• Hainan Airlines
• HiSky
• Israir
• KLM
• Smartwings
• Tarom
• Transavia
• Tus Airways
• United Airlines
• Wizz Air

Why the dichotomy? Are some carriers being overly cautious? Is it more a function of reduced demand in light of passenger fears? Do supply chain and other logistical factors play into this? Are unions pushing back against resuming service? Insurance concerns?

In a word, yes. I don’t think any carrier is suspending service for any one factor alone, but there’s great expense involved in pausing and resuming service and some carriers are taking a more conservative approach out of a hesitation to ramp up only to have to ramp down again.

CONCLUSION

While major players like Delta, United, Air France, and KLM have resumed service, the Lufthansa Group has just extended flight cancellations to Israel. While Israel has assured carriers that airspace in and around Tel Aviv is safe, a handful of carriers are taking a more cautious approach. If your travel plans are impacted, rebooking options will be limited: if you must travel, consider the list above and that carriers have announced rolling delays in the return of service, a move that makes advance planning very difficult.

image: British Airways