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Lufthansa extends Beirut flight suspension to end-September

Previously suspended services to Amman in Jordan and Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will however resume on August 27, with flights to the latter crossing a "northern corridor" of Iraqi airspace.

The logo of German airline Lufthansa is seen in front of a display panel at the airport in Frankfurt, central Germany, on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. (Photo: AP/Daniel Roland)
The logo of German airline Lufthansa is seen in front of a display panel at the airport in Frankfurt, central Germany, on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. (Photo: AP/Daniel Roland)
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FRANKFURT, GERMANY (AFP) - German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it was extending a suspension of flights to Beirut until September 30 and to Tel Aviv and Tehran until September 2 with regional tensions still high.

Previously suspended services to Amman in Jordan and Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will however resume on August 27, with flights to the latter crossing a "northern corridor" of Iraqi airspace.

The airline previously said it was avoiding all Iraqi and Iranian airspace.

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