The union which represents flight attendants at United Airlines has confirmed that all crew members who were in Tel Aviv and Amman when Iran launched a massive coordinated drone and missile attack on Israel have been safely evacuated out of the “area of conflict”.
In a statement, the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) said: “We can confirm all known AFA members who were within areas of concern are now out or within safe airspace.”
United Airlines is the only US-based carrier to have resumed flights to Tel Aviv following the October 7 terror attack in Southern Israel. Unlike most other carriers who have resumed flights to the country, United does have pilots and flight attendants stay overnight in Tel Aviv.
As airspace throughout the region was closed in response to the Iranian military offensive on Israel on Saturday night, United was forced to cancel its daily service between Newark and Tel Aviv, effectively leaving some crew…