An El Al flight is seen at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2022. (Image by Jakub Borzicki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Airspace closures across the Middle East were grounded and planes diverted on Saturday after Iran launched drones at Israel.
United Airlines, which resumed service to Tel Aviv early last month after Israel suspended flights after Hamas attacks in October, grounded its Newark to Tel Aviv flight on Saturday after Israel closed its airspace. Jordan and Iraq have also closed their airspace, according to Jordanian state-owned news outlet Al Mamlaqa.
“We are monitoring the situation closely and will make decisions on upcoming flights based on the safety of our customers and employees,” United said in a statement. It is the only US airline to resume service to Israel since October. Delta was scheduled to resume flights to Tel Aviv in June. 7. American Airlines has not resumed service to Israel.
United was scheduled to fly from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amman, Jordan at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, but the flight may be canceled, according to a person familiar with the matter.
It is unclear when flights will resume.
Several flights to Tel Aviv and Amman were diverted on Saturday, flight tracking site FlyRadar24 reported.
