Lufthansa Group airlines to cancel night flights to Lebanon

A Lufthansa aircraft is towed to its parking position by a special vehicle at Frankfurt am Main Airport. Fredrik Von Erichsen/dpa

German carrier Lufthansa said Monday that airlines in the Lufthansa Group will temporarily suspends night flights to and from Beirut due to the worsening conflict between the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and the Israeli military.

"Due to current developments in the Middle East, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group will suspend their night flights to and from Beirut (Lebanon) from June 29th to July 31st," the Group said in response to a query by dpa.

Daytime flights to and from Beirut would continue to be offered unchanged, it said.

The Foreign Office in Berlin has been warning Germans against travelling to Lebanon for some time in view of the current conflict with Israel.

German citizens are urgently asked to leave the country.

“A further aggravation of the situation and expansion of the conflict cannot be ruled out,” said the Foreign Office.