Lufthansa to stay out of Iraqi, Iranian airspaces amid escalating regional tension
Due to the regional tension in the Middle East, Lufthansa Group announced on Monday that its planes will be staying out of Iranian and Iraqi airspace till August 7.
Germany’s flag carrier, which includes Swiss International Air Lines, Austrian Airlines, and Eurowings, said that all flights to Beirut, Tehran, and Tel Aviv had been cancelled until August 12, according to Reuters.
Citing its most recent security assessment, Lufthansa Group said that it was also stopping flights to the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Erbil, and the capital of Jordan, Amman, until August 7.
Regional tensions significantly escalated last week after Israel killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and top Lebanese Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr in an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
In a phone call on Sunday with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani, confirmed that the only way to de-escalate tensions in the region is to stop the Israeli aggression against Gaza.
With tensions escalating in different regional fronts, a complete regional war might break out as a result of Hezbollah and Iran’s vows of retaliation against Israel for killing their leaders.
