The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted its restrictions on U.S. airline flights into and out of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport.
The FAA canceled a Notice to Airmen that it had renewed earlier Wednesday. The cancellation took effect Wednesday at 11:45 p.m. EDT.
The FAA initially instituted the flight prohibition on Tuesday in response to a rocket strike that landed approximately one mile from the airport.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) had not repealed its recommendation to avoid Ben Gurion Airport as of Thursday. EASA had originally issued this recommendation Wednesday. Lufthansa, KLM and EasyJet announced Wednesday that they were suspending flights to and from Tel Aviv for another 24 hours.
In order for the FAA to make its decision, it worked with its U.S. government counterparts to assess the security situation in Israel and reviewed both significant new information and measures the Government of Israel is taking to mitigate potential risks to civil aviation.
“The agency will continue to closely monitor the very fluid situation around Ben Gurion Airport and will take additional actions, as necessary,” the FAA said.