BREAKING: Flights suspended at Budapest Airport due to the escalating conflict in the Middle East!
Due to the escalating situation in the region, Wizz Air will be temporarily suspending flights to and from Israel and Jordan until 4 August, the Hungarian low-cost airlines wrote in an official statement. Other airlines continue to carry passengers between those countries and Budapest Airport.
Wizz Air leaves, Ryanair remains
According to airportal.hu, a Hungarian outlet focusing on air travel news, Wizz Air promised compensation for their passengers. They regret the inconvenience and offer affected customers a 120% refund in Wizz credits, a full refund in the original form of payment or free rebooking options.
“If passengers booked through an online travel agency or another third party, they should reach out to them to receive the refund or rebook to a different flight”, Wizz Air added.
The decision concerns their Saturday and Sunday Tel-Aviv flights from Budapest Airport under the registry number W6 2325/6.
Ryanair, El Al and other Israeli airlines did not make similar decisions and continue to fly between Budapest and the region.
Other airlines also decided to suspend flights
The Lufthansa Group cancelled all their passenger and cargo flights to Tehran and Tel-Aviv until 8 August and extended the suspension of their Beirut flights until 12 August.
KLM said on Friday that they would suspend their Tel-Aviv flights, and American Delta and United decided similarly before.
Several other airlines suspended flights to Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, including Aegean, Condor, Egyptair, Emirates, Etihad, Royal Jordanian, Iran Air, Pegasus and Qatar Airways.
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