British Airways flight suspension seen affecting entire industry

British Airways announced at the weekend that it was extending the period of suspension of its Israel flights to the end of July. The move will considerably add to the summer season crowding on the popular Tel Aviv-London route, which is also in demand for connecting flights on British Airways from London.

British Airways has thus joined other airlines that have announced extended cancellation of flights, among them Air Canada, which had planned to return to Israel at the beginning of June but has now given up on the summer season, and EasyJet, which has deferred its resumption of service by a further month and will not now return before the beginning of July.

The fear is that British Airways will continue to extend the suspension of its flights and will forego the late summer season as well. At the same time, there are airlines that have been announcing short-term suspensions, updating weekly, the most important of them being United Airlines, Lufthansa Group, and Ryanair, which have extended their cancellations for a few weeks.

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