NEW YORK (VINnews)-American Airlines is pushing back the resumption of its flights to Tel Aviv and Doha, Qatar, until next year, leaving it as the only major U.S. legacy carrier without service to Israel amid ongoing regional conflict.

The Dallas-based airline announced Sunday that it is extending the suspension of service to both destinations until Jan. 7, 2027. American had been scheduled to restart daily flights from New York to Tel Aviv in September.

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are still planning to resume their Tel Aviv service in September, according to published schedules.

“We will proactively reach out to impacted customers of this schedule adjustment, offering options in line with our customer-friendly schedule change policy,” American said in a statement.

The move comes more than two and a half years after the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza. American has not operated any flights to Tel Aviv since then.

Israeli travel industry officials expressed frustration with the latest delay.

“This pattern of American Airlines oscillating between flying to Israel and then pulling out dates back to its merger with US Airways back in 2013, and it has been playing possum with both Israeli and U.S. clients since,” Mark Feldman, CEO of Jerusalem’s Ziontours, told JNS. “It is time American Airlines removes Israel from all its future plans, or at least until its next big merger.”

With limited nonstop options from New York, airfares to Israel have risen sharply during the busy summer travel season. El Al and Arkia are currently the only carriers offering direct flights on the route. Israir has said it plans to launch New York service but has not set a start date.

More than a dozen international airlines, including two from the United Arab Emirates, have resumed flights to Tel Aviv since the war with Iran began on Feb. 28.