View of the passenger hall at Beirut International Airport in January 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/OLJ)
Several airlines have canceled flights to and from Beirut after an Israeli strike hit a residential area in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday.
Emirates Airlines:
Emirates has canceled its Sept. 20 EK954 flight from Beirut to DXB airport in Dubai.
Air France:
Air France has canceled all flights to and from Rafik Hariri International Airport until Sept. 24.
Sundair:
Sundair has canceled its Sept. 20 SR151 flight headed to Berlin.
Turkish Airlines:
The airline canceled its Sept. 21 TK825.
It also canceled its Sept. 21 TK824 flight meant to land in Beirut.
Flight TK826 has been diverted to Istanbul.
Lufthansa Airlines:
The airline has canceled its Sept. 21 LH1307 flight headed to Berlin, and its LH 1306 flight meant to return to Beirut.
Cyprus Airlines:
The airline canceled its Sept. 21 CY 121 flight headed to Cyprus.
It also headed its Sept. 21 flight CY 120 meant to travel from Cyprus to Beirut.
Qatar Airlines:
The QR419 flight on Sept. 21 is cancelled.
Pegasus Airlines:
Flight PC1825 from Beirut to Antalya has been canceled "due to security reasons."
Friday's Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut killed 12 people and injured 66 others. The Israeli army claimed it targeted Hezbollah top commander Ibrahim Aqil, involved in the 1983 bombings of the American embassy in Lebanon. This strike comes in the same week as the deadly exploding pager and walkie-talkie attacks of Tuesday and Wednesday, which killed over 37 people and injured over 3,000 others.
