Ben Gurion Airport

Two commercial aircraft were forced to land at Makedonia Airport in Thessaloniki in northern Greece on Thursday. 

The first incident occurred at 2.50 p.m, when an aircraft of the Israeli airline El Al, operating the Prague-Tel Aviv route, had to land due to a passenger disturbing the crew.

Four flights to and from Varna airport have been canceled due to bad weather conditions, according to a reference on the airport's website.

Two of the flights are operated by Turkish Airlines.

Airline "Bulgaria Air" temporarily suspends flights on its regular route Sofia - Tel Aviv - Sofia.

The decision was made due to the escalation of tensions on the territory of Israel in recent weeks and due to the deepening military conflict, after a careful analysis of security risks, the company said.

BELGRADE - Air Serbia announced it was forced to temporarily suspend scheduled flights between Belgrade and Tel Aviv from today due to the increasingly complex security situation in Israel.

In a statement, it said the next flight, scheduled for Sunday, had been cancelled as were all other flights until the end of November.

BELGRADE - Air Serbia will continue to fly to the Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport as long as it has security guarantees from Israeli aviation authorities, Air Serbia Captain and Flight Operations Director Dusan Milatovic told Tanjug on Thursday.

BELGRADE - After a hiatus of more than three years, Air Serbia re-established direct flights between Belgrade and Tel Aviv on Thursday.

The national airline will be operating flights to Tel Aviv on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, and four times a week from May 8, when it will also start flying to the Israeli city on Mondays.

BELGRADE - Air Serbia will commence direct flights between Belgrade and Tel Aviv on April 6, the airline announced on Monday.

"Airbus A319 aircraft of the national airline will be flying between the capital of Serbia and Ben Gurion Airport three times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays," it said in a statement.

Aegean Airlines is expanding its network of destinations and further strengthening its activity in the Israeli market by adding three new direct scheduled routes from Ioannina, Hania and Kalamata to Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv, while increasing its flights from Athens and Thessaloniki.

The strong wind in Sofia caused delays in flights at Sofia Airport and rerouting of planes, the airport's press center reports.

Türkiye's airports served more than 75 million passengers in the first six months of 2022, marking an 87.1 percent increase from a year ago.