Rhino: Agencies – The Lufthansa Group – which includes Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian and Brussels Airlines – has extended the cancellation of its flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman and Erbil until August 26, a spokesperson for the group said on Monday.
The updated flight schedule came ‘after an assessment of the security situation,’ the spokesperson added.
On 6 August, a Lufthansa spokesperson announced that the airline would avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace until 7 August.
The announcement comes as the group suspended flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and Beirut until 12 August and to Amman and Erbil until 7 August.