British Airways (BA) has revealed plans to resume flights to and from Israel, beginning in April.

The airline, which suspended services to Tel Aviv in October amid the growing hostilities between Israel and Hamas, said it was aiming to launch four return services per week from 1 April.

A statement said: “We’ve taken the commercial decision to move Tel Aviv to our short-haul network when we restart our flights on 01 April.

“This aligns these flights with other similar length flights we operate, and we’ll keep this decision under review.”

It was understood that the decision to use smaller aircraft reflected the likelihood of weak demand due to the continued fighting in the region.

The decision to restart operations, the airline confirmed, would be kept under review because of the evolving nature of the conflict.

Customers already booked on flights to and from Tel Aviv will be contacted and offered the option to rebook onto a new short-haul flight, request a refund or re-book onto an alternative service.

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