Air France and German airline Lufthansa said they were suspending flights to Beirut after Israel threatened to retaliate for a deadly missile strike from Lebanon.
Lufthansa services will be suspended until and including August 5 due to "ongoing events in the Middle East," a group spokesman told AFP.
Meanwhile, Air France and its low-cost subsidiary Transavia France said flights between Paris and Beirut would be suspended on Monday and Tuesday (July 29 and 30) due to the "security situation" in Lebanon.
Israel threatened to retaliate after rocket fire believed to have come from neighbouring Lebanon killed 12 youths in the annexed Golan Heights.
Israel blamed the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, but the Iran-backed group said it had "no connection" to the strike.
The incident heightened fears that the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza could spill north into Lebanon.
Other airlines have already cancelled or rescheduled flights following the attack.
A Greek airport source told AFP that an Aegean flight to Beirut was cancelled on July 28.
Lebanon's Middle East Airlines said it had rescheduled several flights for July 28 and 29, citing "technical reasons related to the allocation of insurance risks (of the planes)".
The Lufthansa Group, which includes SWISS and Austrian Airlines, has repeatedly suspended travel to the region since the conflict began. | BGNES
