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— Meghna Maharishi and Gordon Smith, Skift
There has been a dramatic escalation in tensions between Israel and Iran.
Reuters reports that Iran has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel. The widely anticipated attack is seen as retaliation after an airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria last week.
The knock-on impact to aviation has been immediate, and is developing quickly. As well as diversions and cancelations into Tel Aviv, airspace over Israel, Iran, Iraq and Jordan has been closed or heavily restricted.
United Cancels Tel Aviv Flight
United Airlines was among the major carriers to cancel its service to Tel Aviv on Saturday. The U.S. carrier said it was also evaluating its Saturday services to Amman, Jordan but is currently not…