Several flights from Britain and France to the US have been canceled for security reasons. (Hat tip: zulubaby.)

On Friday, U.S. officials said new intelligence indicated BA flight 223 and Air France flights from Paris to an unspecified U.S. city could be terrorist targets. There was no immediate word from the French authorities on any cancellations.

“We remain concerned about al-Qaida’s desire to target aviation, especially international aviation,” U.S. Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said. “The U.S. intelligence community continues to gather specific credible threat information on international flights, as we have done in an ongoing basis in the past few weeks.”

Air France flights AF026 were canceled “for reasons of security,” spokeswoman Veronique Brachet said.

British Airways said on Saturday that flight 223 to Washington’s Dulles airport would not fly on Sunday or Monday, but was to depart on schedule at 3:05 p.m. Saturday.