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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Israir and Arkia preparing for more repatriation flights
Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel

Illustrative: Parked airplanes belonging to Israir and El Al at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
Israir and Arkia are preparing to add repatriation flights to bring Israeli passengers back from several destinations, subject to final approval from the aviation authorities and the defense establishment.
As of now, additional flights have not yet been officially approved.
Today, Israir will operate repatriation flights to and from Tbilisi, Athens and Rome and in the coming days also from Baku.
Arkia is planning to operate repatriation flights to and from Milan, Larnaca, Athens, and Vienna today.
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