FACTBOX-Suspension of flights to Middle East

Adds Air Arabia; updates Bulgaria Air, Emirates, Iberia Express under IAG, LOT and Sundair; removes Ethiopian, Tarom and United Airlines

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Concerns about conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected air space.

Below are some of the airlines that have suspended services to and from the region:

AEGEAN AIRLINES AGNr.AT

The Greek airline has cancelled flights to and from Beirut until March 29.

AIR ALGERIE

The Algerian airline has suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.

AIR ARABIA AIRA.DU

The United Arab Emirates carrier resumes flights to Beirut on Jan. 9.

AIRBALTIC

Latvia's airBaltic has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until Jan. 28.

AIR FRANCE-KLM AIRF.PA

Air France has extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until Dec. 31 and Paris-Beirut flights until Jan. 5.

KLM has extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year at least.

The group's low-cost unit Transavia has cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut until end-March.

AIR INDIA

The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until further notice.

BULGARIA AIR

The Bulgarian carrier resumed flights to and from Tel Aviv on Dec. 26.

CATHAY PACIFIC 0293.HK

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until Oct. 25, 2025.

CORENDON AIRLINES

The Turkish airline cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until January.

DELTA AIR LINES DAL.N

The U.S. carrier has paused flights between New York and Tel Aviv through March 2025.

EASYJET EZJ.L

EasyJet EZJ.L will not rush to resume flights to Tel Aviv after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, its incoming CEO said on Nov. 27. The UK budget airline had previously suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv until March.

EMIRATES

UAE's state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut and to Baghdad until Jan. 15.

FLYDUBAI

Flights to Beirut are suspended, a flydubai spokesperson said on Nov. 28.

IAG ICAG.L

IAG-owned British Airways has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until the end of March 2025.

IAG's low-cost airline Iberia Express has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until March 29, while Vueling has cancelled operations to Tel Aviv and to Amman until at least early 2025.

IRAN AIR

The Iranian airline has cancelled Beirut flights until further notice.

IRAQI AIRWAYS

The Iraqi national carrier has suspended flights to Beirut until further notice.

ITA AIRWAYS

The Italian carrier has extended the suspension of Tel Aviv flights through Jan. 31.

LOT

The Polish carrier plans its first scheduled flight to Beirut for April 1.

LUFTHANSA GROUP LHAG.DE

The German airline group has extended the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until Jan. 31.

Flights to Tehran are cancelled until Jan. 31 and to Beirut until Feb. 28.

SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines THYAO.IS, has suspended flights to Beirut until March 31.

PEGASUS PGSUS.IS

The Turkish airline has cancelled flights to Beirut until Jan. 1.

RYANAIR RYA.I

Europe's biggest budget airline does not plan on resuming operations to Israel until March 31 at the earliest, while a decision to resume operations to and from Jordan from December is under discussion, a Ryanair spokesperson said on Nov. 27.

SUNDAIR

The German airline has cancelled flights between Beirut and Bremen until March 26.

VIRGIN ATLANTIC

The UK carrier has suspended Tel Aviv flights until end-March.

WIZZ AIR WIZZ.L

The Hungary-based airline has suspended Tel Aviv flights through Jan. 14, except for those from Larnaca.

(Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Compiled by Tiago Brandao, Charlotte Bawol and Alejandra Rosales; editing by Milla Nissi, Jason Neely, Jonathan Oatis and Kevin Liffey)

((Tiago.Brandao@thomsonreuters.com))