United Airlines to resume New York-Tel Aviv flights on July 21

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8 July 2025, 6:23 pm

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Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel

Illustrative. A United Airlines Boeing 737 plane is seen at the gate at Washington's Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on March 2, 2021. (Daniel SLIM / AFP)

United Airlines announces it will resume flight services from New York to Tel Aviv with a single flight starting on July 21.

The US airline says it will restart its second daily flight between the two cities the following day.

“The resumption of service to Tel Aviv reflects United’s longstanding commitment to the Israeli market,” United says in a statement. “Through 2025, United operated more flights to Tel Aviv than any other US airline.”

Ticket sales for flights to and from Tel Aviv will be available for purchase on the US carrier’s website starting today.

United halted flight services to and from Tel Aviv after Israel’s airspace was closed on June 13 due to the Iran conflict.

“Any decision by United to operate flights to Tel Aviv is made after a thorough assessment of operational considerations in the region, and in close coordination with our flight attendants and pilot unions,” United adds.

Israel reopened its airspace about two weeks ago, but several European and US airlines have not yet announced a resumption date of flight operations to and from Tel Aviv, including British Airways, Delta, easyJet, and Ryanair.

French carrier Air France resumed nonstop flights between Ben Gurion and Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport on July 7. The Lufthansa group is expected to restart services on August 1.