A number of airlines have halted services to and from Tel Aviv after a missile strike close to Ben Gurion Airport on May 4, 2025.
CCTV footage posted on social media shows the missile striking behind terminal buildings, with the airport's air traffic control tower in view, impacting beside a road near a car park.
In response, the Lufthansa Group, which includes Lufthansa, Swiss, Brussels and Austrian decided to suspend its flights to and from Tel Aviv up until and including May 11, 2025. United has also halted all services to Tel Aviv until May 11, while Delta stated that due to an ongoing security situation, travel to and from Tel Aviv may be impacted.
Ryanair suspended all flights to and from Tel Aviv until May 7, 2025, while Air France and Transavia have extended their suspension of services to Israel through May 13.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stated in a post on X that Israel will respond to the Houthi attack against the country's main airport.
In the wake of this rocket attack, Yemini Armed Forces stated on social media that they will work to impose a “comprehensive air blockade” on Israel by repeatedly targeting airports, in particular Ben Gurion Airport. It has called upon all international airlines to take this into consideration calling on them to cancel all scheduled flights to the airport, in order to “preserve the safety of aircraft".
These flight suspensions come as airlines have begun resuming operations to Israel, after halting services in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks.