BREAKING: Budapest Airport cancelled flight to Israel!
According to the most recent data, the Persian state launched an attack on Israel, with over 300 drones and rockets in retaliation for the April Israeli airstrike targeting their Damascus embassy. Due to the escalating conflict, multiple airlines halted their flights to the Middle Eastern country, including Budapest Airport.
As reported by Budflyer, a Hungarian air traffic news Facebook page, Israir’s scheduled flight to Tel-Aviv, Israel, should have departed from Budapest at 10 p.m. yesterday. However, the departure was initially delayed and subsequently cancelled later that night, as announced by Budapest Airport.
Israeli media sources revealed that authorities evacuated Ben Gurion Airport in Tel-Aviv due to the Iranian air strikes, prompting several airlines, including KLM, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Air France and Qantas, to cancel their flights to Middle Eastern destinations.
Furthermore, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq temporarily closed their airspace in response to the escalating conflict.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán convened Hungary’s defence council meeting to address the situation. He emphasised that the escalation poses a significant threat to both the world’s and Hungary’s security. Meanwhile, Iran’s UN mission clarified that they view the retaliatory strike as a response to the April 1 airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, and consider the matter concluded.
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