The situation in Israel has deteriorated again after comparative stability. For respective days now, further information on shelling has been published in the media, but the situation from Sunday morning has been the biggest influence on the decision of the carriers. That's erstwhile the rocket fell to Ben Guriona Airport in Tel Aviv. The carriers responded quickly.
Ryanair and Wizz Air cancel flights to Israel. Tel Aviv disappears from the offer for a fewer days
Behind the Sunday attack are Huti, Yemeni rebels who have been threatening to mark Israeli airports for months. So far their rockets have effectively neutralized the Israeli anti-aircraft defence system. This time, however, it failed.
The rocket hit the field on Sunday morning close the port's method road. respective people were somewhat injured. However, planet carriers did not request further signals. The decisions to cancel flights were immediately made for at least a fewer days.
The biggest carriers in Poland, namely Ryanair and Wizz Air, took specified steps. According to Fly4Free.pl, the Hungarian carrier decided not to fly to Israel for 48 hours. The nearest flight will so take place at the earliest on Tuesday 6 May in the morning.
Due to this decision, a Monday flight from Warsaw to Tel Aviv was cancelled. On Tuesday, 6 May at 5:40 p.m., a plane should take off from Krakow. Tickets are on sale, so the carrier is most likely planning to make this call if it is safe.
On Sunday and Monday, Ryanair besides cancelled flights to Israel. In this case, connections from Poznań and Krakow were cancelled. It's about 4 rotations. It is worth adding that the merger with Poznań was only resumed at the turn of March and April.
The flight will not fly to Israel until Tuesday 6 May
The pilot decision to cancel flights to Israel was besides taken by LOT. Krzysztof Moczulski, the press spokesperson for our national carrier, informed on social media that flights would be cancelled until Tuesday morning.
"After analysing the available information, PLL LOT decided to delete the following flights to/from Tel Aviv: 4.05: LO151 LO159, 5.05: LO152 LO160, LO155/156, LO153/154, LO151, 6.05: LO152. Our call center will contact the Passengers regarding changes in booking," Moczulski said on social media.
It cannot be excluded that cancellations will be more soon. Huti leaders have already announced that their goal is to cut off airspace over Israel. They besides announced that the targets of their attacks would be further airports. The situation can so change dynamically.