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