Airline passengers are facing cancellations or disruption to flights to Israel and surrounding countries after Iran’s airstrikes at the weekend.

EasyJet has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv up to and including Sunday, 21 April.

Wizz Air said it would resume journeys to Israel on Tuesday, 16 April after stopping flights to Tel Aviv on Sunday and Monday.

However, it warned: “Passengers may experience some schedule changes.”

Wizz Air said that it was “closely monitoring the situation with the relevant authorities and keeping its passengers informed of all schedule changes”.

“All passengers affected by the schedule changes will be provided with rebooking or refund options,” it added.

Israel closed its airspace on Saturday evening after Iran launched its first-ever direct assault on the country. Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel in retaliation for a strike on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus on 1 April, which killed a number of senior Iranian commanders.

Israel has not said it carried out the consulate strike, but is widely believed to have been behind it.

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