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Ben Gurion Airport’s Terminal 1 to reopen this month after closing at start of Iran war
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel
View of the departure hall in Terminal 1, at the Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv on December 1, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
The Israeli Airports Authority plans to reopen Ben Gurion Airport’s Terminal 1 on June 28 for domestic flights and on July 1 for international arrivals and departures to meet increased passenger traffic during the peak summer months.
Terminal 1, which is mainly used by low-cost and budget airlines, has been temporarily closed since Israel’s airspace was shut to foreign airlines with the start of fighting with Iran on February 28. All domestic and international flights have been operating from Terminal 3 only.
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