German carrier Lufthansa and Italy’s ITA Airways resumed flight operations to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday, with more European airlines expected to follow this month, after having suspended them due to the US-Israel war against Iran and heightened regional tensions.

Several foreign airlines have already resumed operations to and from Israel after a ceasefire on April 8 halted the fighting with Iran, but the majority of them have held off.

The Lufthansa group — which includes Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings — restarted flight services to and from Israel in a phased manner from June.

Austrian Airlines resumed flights to and from Tel Aviv on June 2. Eurowings is expected to return to Tel Aviv by mid-July, and SWISS plans to begin operating a daily flight on the Zurich–Tel Aviv route from August 1.

Spanish carrier Air Europe renewed flights between Madrid and Tel Aviv on June 29.

Meanwhile, other major foreign airlines, including Air France, have continued to cancel flight services to and from Israel through July 2, and British Airways has canceled services up to October.

US carriers, including Delta, have pushed back their return to........

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