A Lufthansa flight to Tel Aviv could not land.
The winter storm engulfing Israel today has disrupted air travel to Israel. A Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Tel Aviv was diverted to Larnaca in Cyprus when winds at Ben Gurion Airport prevented the plane from landing.
Lufthansa said that if the plane cannot continue to Israel within the next few hours, it will have to return to Germany with its passengers, until weather conditions at Ben Gurion Airport permit safe landing.
As a consequence, this afternoon's return Lufthansa flight from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt has been cancelled.
El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE: ELAL) said that its flights are operating as scheduled, despite the severe weather.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on December 12, 2010
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