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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

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An Israir flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 17, 2025, 10:39 pm
Civil pilots, ex-soldiers and bereaved families join public calls for hostage deal
‘Return all the hostages even at the cost of ending the war. Every day that passes endangers their lives,’ write some 300 Israeli pilots, joining trend started by Air Force members
By ToI Staff
Travelers wait in line at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on April 9, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 10, 2025, 11:49 pm
Ahead of Passover, Ben Gurion Airport sees busiest day since October 7
Some 80,000 travelers pass through airport — a 60% increase year-on-year — on over 500 flights by almost 50 carriers; travel was hit hard by war in Gaza and Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Passengers at the Duty Free in the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on January 26, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 17, 2025, 12:23 pm
Airlines flock back to Israel with resumed services in coming month
1st United Airlines flight arrives from New York; British Airways, Ryanair, Delta, Iberia, Air Baltic carriers set to restore operations, with others to follow later in the year
By ToI Staff
Israeli AI startup IntellAct has developed a video analytics platform to reduce flight departure delays, cut carbon emissions, and improve passenger experience. (Courtesy)
March 13, 2025, 9:12 pm
End to flight delays? Israeli startup’s AI system to help carriers depart on time
IntellAct’s software uses airport operators and airlines’ existing security and observation cameras to detect service bottlenecks, with aim of helping cut flight delays by 50%
By Sharon Wrobel
An El Al flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 12, 2025, 2:28 pm
El Al posts record-high $545 million profit in 2024, following wartime near-monopoly
Flagship airline almost quintuples 2023’s all-time high, with gains driven by North American routes that were eschewed by foreign carriers, but market dominance may not last long
By ToI Staff
Passengers at Ben Gurion Airport, where flights are delayed during a nationwide strike demanding the government reach a hostage release deal, September 2, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 25, 2025, 1:38 pm
Israel optimistic US will ‘soon’ ease travel advisory, officials say
US embassy has backed Israeli effort to lower warning from ‘reconsider travel’ to ‘exercise increased caution’; initiative rejuvenated amid Gaza ceasefire and Trump’s return, ToI told
By Jacob Magid
An Arkia flight over Tel Aviv, December 14, 2024. (Yossi Aloni FLASH90)
February 23, 2025, 4:25 pm
Arkia extends Tel Aviv-New York route until at least October, adds new destinations
Expecting rise in demand as war abates, Israeli airline plans to fly to 30 destinations, including 11 in Greece
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A Delta Air Lines plane lands at Logan International Airport, Jan. 26, 2023, in Boston (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
January 23, 2025, 11:37 pm
Delta on April 1 to become first US carrier to resume flight services to Tel Aviv
Airline will operate 7 weekly flights between Tel Aviv and New York-JFK after pausing services since the end of July amid war; Air India to resume its Tel Aviv route on March 2
By Sharon Wrobel
An easyJet flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
January 17, 2025, 7:30 pm
EasyJet announces resumption of flights to and from Tel Aviv from June 1
British low cost airline will operate 38 weekly flights to and from Israel on the London, Geneva, Amsterdam, Milan, Berlin, Basel and Nice routes
By ToI Staff, Sharon Wrobel and Agencies
A Wizz Air jet comes in to land at Gatwick Airport, south of London on June 10, 2022. (Ben Stansall / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 6:14 pm
Wizz Air resumes Tel Aviv-London flights, Lufthansa group to return Feb. 1
Lufthansa’s five airlines will fly routes to six European travel hubs; EasyJet says it will review its plans in the coming days; Turkish Airlines to return to Damascus after decade
By Sharon Wrobel, Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli airline Arkia will start operating flights from Tel Aviv to New York. (Courtesy)
January 13, 2025, 7:04 pm
Arkia teams up with tech initiative to launch flights to New York starting February 8
With US airlines staying away, seats scarce and fares sky-high, the Israeli airline will operate three weekly flights on the Tel Aviv-New York route for an initial three months
By Sharon Wrobel
A Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX takes off from Lisbon airport, January 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
January 10, 2025, 4:31 pm
Ryanair plans to fly full summer schedule to Israel, predicts others will too
Chief executive of major subsidiary Ryanair DAC says his airline will be ‘back there for the summer,’ expresses hope that Ben Gurion Airport’s low cost Terminal 1 will reopen
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Watching planes take off at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 26, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 7, 2025, 2:23 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 7: Day 459 – Will new law bring airlines back to Israel’s skies?
Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani discusses hostage talks and Hezbollah; tech editor Sharon Wrobel reviews central bank comments, funds for the north, and foreign airlines
By Jessica Steinberg, Gianluca Pacchiani and Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport on October 31, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 11:20 pm
Israel to cut travelers’ flight cancellation compensation to woo back foreign airlines
MKs advance measure under which passengers will be entitled only to a refund of ticket cost; government also announces plan to assist airlines operating US flights
By Sharon Wrobel
An El Al flight takes off at Ben Gurion Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 29, 2024, 7:31 pm
El Al extends price caps to four international hubs through February 2025
Round-trip tickets to Athens stay at $299, while tickets to Vienna, Dubai, and Frankfurt set at $349; airline says it operates dozens of weekly flights there, will add more as able
By ToI Staff
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