Panguva yeHondo Yenyika II, Imperial Airways uye gare gare British Overseas Airways Corporation yakaramba ichienda kuLydda kusvikira France yadonha muna June 1940. Apo mauto eJapan akapfuurira muBurma neMalaya
muna February 1942, KLM yakaderedza nzira yayo yokuBatavia ndokuita kuti Lydda ive nzvimbo yokumabvazuva yomugumo yenzira yacho. Misr Airwork, iyo yakanga yamisa ndege dzayo pakuparurwa kwehondo kweBritain, yakatangazve basa revhiki nevhiki reCairo-Lydda-Nicosia muna May 1940.