Lufthansa to resume flights to Riyadh, Amman from September

FRANKFURT, July 16 (Reuters) - Lufthansa Group will gradually resume flight operations to Riyadh and Amman starting in September, the German airline said on Thursday.

• Lufthansa said that it continuously monitors and assesses the situation in the Middle East and maintains close contact with the authorities

• Airlines suspended flights to parts of the Middle East in response to the conflict that began when the U.S. and Israel conducted strikes on Iran at the end of February

• The airline will first resume service to the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, starting September 10, operating three flights per week from Frankfurt

• Starting September 15, Italy's ITA Airways, part of the Group, will restart flights from Rome to Riyadh five times a week

• Austrian Airlines will once against offer three flights per week from Vienna to Amman, Jordan's capital, beginning October 2

(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach, Writing by Miranda Murray; editing by Matthias Williams)