On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, the Dutch airline KLM decided not to operate the planned repatriation flight from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam-Schiphol for safety reasons. The military stepped in.

The government of the Netherlands had actually commissioned KLM to carry out an evacuation flight. In doing so, the behavior is similar to that of Switzerland, which commissioned Swiss. Germany has Lufthansa flying and Austria now has Austrian Airlines. Those responsible at KLM have reassessed the security situation and have come to the conclusion that the risk is too high.

The risk to the passengers, crew members and the aircraft would be too great. It was with a heavy heart that we made the decision that we had to refrain from carrying it out. The armed forces of the Netherlands stepped in and took over the return flight originally planned with KLM.