We are in constant contact with the FAA and are monitoring the situation closely, said Casey Norton,

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) The U.S. and European carriers decided to halt flights to Israel Tuesday after a rocket landed near Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, but some carriers based outside the U.S. went on flying.
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines suspended service between the U.S. and Israel indefinitely Tuesday. US Airways scrapped its one flight to Tel Aviv Tuesday. Several European airlines, including Germany s Lufthansa and Air France, also suspended flights. The actions come days after a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board.
The notice was issued in response to a rocket strike which landed approximately one mile from Ben Gurion cruise vacations alaska cruises International Airport on the morning of July 22, 2014. The NOTAM applies only to U.S. operators, and has no authority over foreign airlines operating to or from the airport, cruise vacations alaska cruises the FAA said in a statement. The FAA will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation. Updated instructions will be provided to U.S. airlines as soon as conditions permit.
Earlier Tuesday, a Delta Boeing 747 from New York was flying over the Mediterranean headed for Tel Aviv when it turned around and flew to Paris instead. Flight 468 had 273 passengers and 17 crew on board.
We are suspending operations to/from Tel Aviv until further notice, said United spokeswoman Jennifer Dohm. We are working cruise vacations alaska cruises with government officials to ensure the safety of our customers and our employees and will continue to evaluate the situation.
We are in constant contact with the FAA and are monitoring the situation closely, said Casey Norton, spokesman for US Airways parent company American Airlines. The airline has not yet made a decision about flights to Israel scheduled for Wednesday and beyond.
Isaac Yeffet, the former cruise vacations alaska cruises head of security for El Al Israel Airlines, believes that planes should still be flying cruise vacations alaska cruises into Israel despite the rocket strike that landed cruise vacations alaska cruises near the airport, CBS 2 s Alice Gainer reported.
Israeli police cruise vacations alaska cruises said a rocket fired from Gaza landed near the airport, damaging a house and wounding one Israeli. Police spokeswomen Luba Samri said Tuesday s rocket landing was the closest to the airport since fighting began on July 8.
Tova David was on sitting on the tarmac preparing to take off on Tuesday s midday El-Al flight from Tel Aviv to JFK when she and fellow passengers had to get off the plane and rush into the airport because of the rocket, WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman reported.
cruise vacations alaska cruises Airlines and passengers are growing more anxious about safety since last week, when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine Thursday while flying at 33,000 feet. Airlines have rerouted planes to avoid the area over eastern Ukraine where pro-Soviet separatists are battling the Ukrainian army.
But some people said they will be flying to Israel anyway, and do not agree with the FAA’s plan to halt flights. One of those people was former Mayor Michael Bloomberg , who said flying to Israel remains safe and should not be avoided.
“I’m not trying to prove anything,” Bloomberg said at the airport. “I’m just trying to show that it’s safe, and a great place to visit, and Israel has a right to defend its people, and they’re doing exactly what they should be doing.”
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