What happened
Lufthansa Group has updated its Middle East flight restart plan, delaying the return to Dubai (DXB/DWC) until October 24, 2026, aligning with the IATA Winter Season start. Tel Aviv (TLV) service resumes earlier: Austrian Airlines operates one daily flight from Vienna starting June 16, 2026; Lufthansa flies twice daily from Frankfurt starting July 1, 2026; and SWISS begins Zurich-Tel Aviv service on August 1, 2026. Eurowings adds four weekly flights to Hamburg (July 10) and Düsseldorf (July 18). Other Middle Eastern destinations including Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat, and Tehran are suspended through October 24, 2026, with Eurowings' Beirut and Erbil suspensions ending June 30. Brussels Airlines will resume Tel Aviv service at a later date