(CNN) � The Lufthansa Group plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv beginning January 8, 2024, nearly three months after it suspended flights to Israel’s largest airport .
“Lufthansa Group continues to monitor the security situation in Israel closely and is in close contact with the local and international authorities,� released Friday said. “Possible flight schedule adjustments must be expected due to changing conditions.�
In October, almost all airlines other than Israeli carrier El Al canceled flights in and out of Tel Aviv, home to Israel’s largest international airport, after Hamas began a combined arms assault on the country and took over 100 hostages, with .
On October 5, two days before the attack, there were 63 airlines serving Tel Aviv with a total of 256 fights to the airport, according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. El Al accounted for about 26% of those flights. Lufthansa had five flights a day to Tel Aviv at that time, or 2% of the total.
The most recent data for Thursday shows only 10 airlines serving the airport with a total of 72 flights, and with El Al responsible for 76% of that flight volume.
The three US airlines that had served Tel Aviv - American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines - all said their flights to Israel remain halted. American and Delta said they don’t plan to resume service until at least the end of March. United did not give a date when it might resume service.
“Our Tel Aviv flights will remain suspended until conditions allow them to resume,� said a statement from United.
Lufthansa said Friday that it will publish the January flight schedule on December 18.
- CNN’s Chris Isidore and Eva Rothenberg contributed to this report.
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