Dhaka, July 27 -- Germany's Lufthansa airline group said it was preparing to gradually resume its flight operations to and from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport starting August 1.

When Israel's airspace was closed on June 13 at the start of the brief war with Iran, the carrier group - which includes Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings - halted service to and from Tel Aviv through at least July 31.

Despite the plans to slowly resume flights, the group said it would still be suspending SWISS flights to and from Tel Aviv through October 25, as previously announced, citing "operational reasons."

Lufthansa's announcement came the same day that the European Union's Aviation Safety Agency lifted a high-risk advi...