Airspace closures throughout the Middle East ground, divert flights as Iran launches drone attack on Israel

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Airspace closures throughout the Middle East ground, divert flights as Iran launches drone ******* on *******

El Al plane is seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images

Airspace closures through the Middle East grounded and diverted flights on Saturday as Iran launched drones toward *******.

******* Airlines, which resumed service to Tel Aviv early last month after suspending ******* flights after the ****** attacks in October, called off its Newark to Tel Aviv flight on Saturday after ******* closed its airspace. Jordan and Iraq had also closed their airspace, according to Jordanian state-owned media news outlet Al Mamlaka.

“We are closely monitoring the situation and will make decisions on upcoming flights with a focus on the safety of our customers and crews,” ******* said in a statement. The carrier is the only U.S. airline to have resumed service to ******* since October. Delta was scheduled to restart flights to Tel Aviv on June. 7. ********* Airlines has not resumed ******* service.

******* was also scheduled to fly from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amman, Jordan, at 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, but the flight will likely be canceled, according to a person familiar with the matter.

It was not clear when flights would resume.

Flight-tracking site Flightradar24 said multiple flights bound for Tel Aviv and Amman had diverted on Saturday.

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