(Adds United Airlines, updates Air France, Emirates, flydubai, Iraqi Airways and Vueling under IAG)
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Concerns about conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected airspace.
Below are some of the airlines that have suspended services to and from the region:
AEGEAN AIRLINES
The Greek airline has cancelled flights to and from Beirut until March 29.
AIR ALGERIE
The Algerian airline has suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.
AIR ARABIA
The United Arab Emirates carrier
will resume
flights to Beirut on Jan. 9.
AIRBALTIC
Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Jan. 28.
AIR FRANCE-KLM
Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until Jan. 9 and Paris-Beirut flights until Jan. 31.
KLM has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year at least.
The group's low-cost unit Transavia has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut until end-March.
AIR INDIA
The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.
BULGARIA AIR
The Bulgarian carrier said it would resume flights to and from Tel Aviv on Dec. 26. It had cancelled the flights in October citing safety recommendations.
CATHAY PACIFIC
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025.
CORENDON AIRLINES
The Turkish airline cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until January.
DELTA AIR LINES
The U.S. carrier has paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through March 2025.
EASYJET
EasyJet will not rush to resume flights to Tel Aviv after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, its incoming CEO said on Nov. 27. The UK budget airline had previously suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until March.
EMIRATES
UAE's state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut and to Baghdad until Jan. 31.
FLYDUBAI
Flights to Beirut remain temporarily suspended, a flydubai spokesperson said on Dec. 30.
IAG
IAG-owned British Airways has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until the end of March 2025.
IAG's low-cost airline, Iberia Express, has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until March 29, while Vueling will keep operations to and from Tel Aviv suspended throughout the first quarter of 2025.
IRAN AIR
The Iranian airline has cancelled Beirut flights until further notice.
IRAQI AIRWAYS
Iraq will allow the national carrier Iraqi Airways to resume flights to Lebanon on Dec. 30, the transport minister was quoted as saying by state media on Dec 28. Iraqi Airways had suspended all its flights to and from Beirut on Sep. 27.
ITA AIRWAYS
The Italian carrier has extended the suspension of Tel Aviv flights through Jan. 31.
LOT
The Polish carrier plans its first scheduled flight to Beirut for April 1. It had suspended its flights to Lebanon in August.
LUFTHANSA GROUP
The German airline group has extended the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until Jan. 31.
Flights to Tehran are cancelled until Jan. 31 and to Beirut until Feb. 28.
SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines , has suspended flights to Beirut until March 31.
PEGASUS
The Turkish airline has cancelled flights to Beirut until Jan. 1.
RYANAIR
Europe's biggest budget airline does not plan on resuming operations to Israel until March 31 at the earliest, while a decision to resume operations to and from Jordan from December is under discussion, a Ryanair spokesperson said on Nov. 27.
SUNDAIR
The German airline has cancelled flights between Beirut and Bremen until March 26. The cancellation started on Sept. 23.
UNITED AIRLINES
The Chicago-based airline confirmed on Dec. 30 its flights to Tel Aviv remain suspended.
VIRGIN ATLANTIC
The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until end-March. The suspension has been in place since September.
WIZZ AIR
The Hungary-based airline has suspended Tel Aviv flights through Jan. 14, except for those from Larnaca. Wizz Air has suspended its flights to Tel Aviv since October.
(Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Compiled by Tiago Brandao, Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; editing by Milla Nissi, Jason Neely, Jonathan Oatis and Kevin Liffey)
((Tiago.Brandao@thomsonreuters.com))
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