The cancellations come amid fears of a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah following a rocket attack.
Flights at Beirut airport have been cancelled or delayed and Lebanese carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA) says disruptions to its schedule were linked to insurance risks, as tensions rise between Israel and the armed political group Hezbollah.
Lufthansa said on Monday it had suspended five routes to and from Beirut operated by Swiss International Air Lines, Eurowings and Lufthansa group airlines until July 30 inclusive “as a precautionary measure.”
A rocket attack that killed 12 teenagers and children in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday has raised fears that Israel and the Iran-backed group could start a full-scale war.
Israel's security cabinet on Sunday authorized the government to respond to the attack.
Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza that has since spread to several fronts.
Beirut airport's flight information board and flight tracking website Flightradar24 show Turkish Airlines also cancelled two flights overnight on Sunday.
Turkey-based low-cost carrier SunExpress, Turkish Airlines subsidiary AJet, Greek carrier Aegean Airlines, Ethiopian Air and MEA also cancelled flights scheduled to land in Beirut on Monday, Flightradar24 shows.
The airlines did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport is the only airport in Lebanon.
It has been a target of the country's civil war and previous fighting with Israel, including the last war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006.
On Sunday, the MEA said it had delayed the departure of some flights that were due to land in Beirut overnight.
Additional delays were later announced for flights landing on Monday due to “technical reasons related to the distribution of insurance risks for aircraft between Lebanon and other destinations,” the MEA said.
Hezbollah and the Israeli military have increased cross-border exchanges of fire since the Gaza war began.
The conflict has disrupted flights and shipping across the region, including during reciprocal drone and missile attacks between Israel and Iran in April.
Lufthansa had already suspended night flights to and from Beirut for July due to “current events” in the Middle East.
