JERUSALEM, April 23 (Xinhua) -- International flights at Haifa Airport in northern Israel resumed on Thursday after being suspended when the conflict with Iran broke out on Feb. 28, according to statements issued by the Israel Airports Authority and the transport ministry.
While operations at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, the country's main international gateway, resumed five days after the start of the war, flights to and from Haifa had been suspended until now due to the escalation on the Lebanon front that has resulted in massive rocket attacks on northern Israel in addition to Iranian missile strikes.
The ceasefire with Lebanon, which took effect a week ago, allowed Air Haifa airline to return to its home airport after being forced to operate from Ben Gurion during the war.
Air Haifa operates flights to nearby destinations in Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria, and is also expected to resume domestic flights on Sunday to the southernmost Red Sea resort city of Eilat. ■
