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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Arkia

Passengers stand in line at Ben Gurion Airport during a nationwide strike demanding the government reach a hostage release deal, September 2, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
Knesset panel delays vote on compensation policy changes to bring back foreign airlines
By Sharon Wrobel
Committee head demands steadfast commitment that carriers will resume their services; lambastes war profiteering by Israeli airlines
Passengers stand in line at Ben Gurion Airport during a nationwide strike demanding the government reach a hostage release deal, September 2, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
December 9, 2024, 10:08 pm
Knesset panel delays vote on compensation policy changes to bring back foreign airlines
Committee head demands steadfast commitment that carriers will resume their services; lambastes war profiteering by Israeli airlines
By Sharon Wrobel
An Israir flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 14, 2024, 7:48 pm
Israir and Arkia gear up to challenge El Al’s monopoly on flights to North America
Israel’s smaller airlines will need to lease wide-bodied aircraft and bring in crews for transatlantic flights; also seeking changes to law on compensation for canceled flights
By Sharon Wrobel
Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, August 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 2, 2024, 9:46 pm
More airlines cancel flights as Israel braces for potential attack by Iran, its proxies
Aegean, LOT, ITA, KLM and Wizz Air are latest carriers to suspend Israel routes; some 400 travelers stuck in Prague for 3 days after foreign crew bails on Arkia
By ToI Staff
File: An El Al airplane on the tarmac at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 10, 2023, 6:38 pm
Knesset preparing to provide a $5b guarantee to keep El Al flying during war
State-backed guarantee will enable El Al, Arkia, and Israir to obtain wartime insurance policy and keep their fleets in the skies, amid broad service suspensions to Israel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 29, 2022, 6:28 pm
Arkia, Israir airlines sued for allegedly violating Israeli consumer protection laws
Lawsuit seeks compensation of some NIS 20 million from airlines for withholding departure fee refunds they owe to passengers whose terminals were swapped at the last minute
By Tobias Siegal
An Arkia Airlines plane at Ben Gurion Airport. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 23, 2022, 1:49 am
In first, Israeli plane flies over Saudi airspace to non-Gulf destination
Arkia flight IZ611 to Seychelles flies along Saudi’s Red Sea shores, reducing travel time by 20 minutes; more substantial reductions to routes will require use of Oman’s airspace
By Tobias Siegal
Palestinian residents of West Bank are seen ready to board a flight at Ramon Airport on August 22, 2022.(Flash90)
August 22, 2022, 11:59 am
In first, Palestinians take off to Cyprus from Eilat’s Ramon Airport
Arkia Airlines initiative takes 40 residents of Hebron and Bethlehem to Larnaca, side by side with Israeli passengers
By ToI Staff
The site where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a factory in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, on August 6, 2022. (Flash90)
August 8, 2022, 11:26 pm
Compensation claims flow in as over 100 properties damaged by Gaza rockets
As the ceasefire holds, Israel begins to calculate the costs of Operation Breaking Dawn, which are higher than last year’s Guardian of the Walls
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative: An El Al flight takes off at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, October 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 1, 2022, 2:35 pm
El Al flight to Moscow makes emergency landing in Azerbaijan due to ill passenger
Plane from Ben Gurion Airport lands in Baku, expected to continue on to final destination after traveler removed from aircraft for treatment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An El Al flight takes off at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, October 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 17, 2022, 4:02 am
Israeli airlines said prodding Saudis to already allow overflights this week
According to TV report, El Al and Arkia are asking to reroute flights to destinations in East Asia to shorten flight times, but haven’t heard back yet from Riyadh
By ToI Staff
El Al planes on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport on August 3, 2020. (Jack Guez/ AFP)
September 23, 2021, 11:27 pm
Israeli airlines demand government bailout for COVID losses
In joint letter to Bennett, El Al, Arkia and Israir say they are in danger of collapse, blame cabinet’s COVID policies for devastating their sector during pandemic
By Stuart Winer
Fight erupts on a flight to Israel from the Seychelles, December 6, 2020 (Screen grab)
December 12, 2020, 7:09 am
Fight over mask-wearing breaks out on flight from Seychelles to Israel
Passengers throw punches, insults at each other after man refuses to wear mask as Israeli passengers return from trip to island nation
By ToI Staff
Left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Nov. 19, 2020; Right: Morocco's King Mohammed VI in Paris, May 2, 2017 (AP Photos/Maya Alleruzzo, Michel Euler)
December 11, 2020, 9:20 am
Netanyahu said set to speak with Moroccan king Friday on normalization deal
Trump also to take part in call, Israeli officials tell local media; Israeli airlines all plan to operate routes; diplomat says Biden unlikely to reverse West Sahara decision
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Arkia plane lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, on November 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 20, 2020, 6:36 pm
Israeli airline Arkia starts offering flights to Dubai from January
One way ticket to Gulf emirate to start at $149, company says; firm looking into launching lines to Bahrain as well
By ToI Staff
El Al planes at the Ben Gurion International Airport, April 12, 2020. (Flash90)
May 14, 2020, 3:54 pm
El Al issues ‘going concern’ warning as losses pile up
National carrier says 90% of its staff laid off, and if government doesn’t step in, it will no longer be able to function
By ToI Staff
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