European aviation regulator lifts recommendation to avoid Israeli airspace

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EASA recommends air operators to implement a stringent monitoring process and risk assessment for each flight when intending to operate within the airspace of Israel.

The outcome of the risk assessment process should allow to reasonably determine the level of risk for each flight resulting in a decision:

1)    to continue the operations subject to the implementation of mitigations or additional contingency measures; or

2)    not to operate in the entirety or in part of the affected airspace, at any or at specific flight level.

The risk assessment and mitigation measures should ensure that a flight does not commence or continue as planned unless it has been verified by all reasonable means that the airspace can be safely used for the planned operation.

Air operators should closely monitor airspace developments in the region and follow all available aeronautical publications concerning the region issued by Israel, including information shared through the European Information Sharing and Cooperation Platform on Conflict Zones, alongside available guidance or direction from their national authorities.