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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

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Passengers at the departure hall in the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on April 14, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 29, 2024, 10:02 pm
El Al posts record profit as foreign carriers stay away and public pays sky-high fares
Israel’s flag carrier gains from being the only airline flying in and out of Tel Aviv on many routes as foreign carriers are sluggish to resume services amid Gaza war tensions
By Sharon Wrobel
File: Passengers in the Duty Free at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on December 26, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
March 20, 2024, 2:13 pm
Air travel costs soar amid war, as foreign carriers sluggishly renew Israel flights
Industry experts urge government to incentivize airlines to resume services and flight frequencies as part of a postwar recovery plan for the tourism industry
By Sharon Wrobel
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
In this May 11, 2008, photo, former US president George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
May 2, 2022, 1:30 pm
Plane gallery dedicated at WWII museum to elder US president Bush
The former aviator, whose bomber was shot down by Japan and who died in 2018, was an early supporter of the New Orleans institution that dedicated a section in his honor last week
By Agencies
Travelers seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport, on November 28, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 28, 2021, 7:03 pm
Ailing tourism sector takes another hit, as Israel bars tourists to curb variant
Tourism minister demands compensation plan for industry workers as restrictions barring entry to foreign nationals poised to take effect
By Ricky Ben-David
People gather to view the rubble of the al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, Friday, May 21, 2021. The building housed The Associated Press bureau in Gaza City for 15 years. (AP/John Minchillo)
October 25, 2021, 1:30 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 25 – Is Israel facing a new set of PR blunders?
Political correspondent Tal Schneider and military reporter Judah Ari Gross discuss possible public diplomacy missteps on Gaza, Palestinian NGOs, and an aviation database
By ToI Staff
In this image provided by the US Air Force, Colonel Charles Yeager holds an X-1 in which he was the first man to break the sound barrier in 1947, shown Oct. 12, 1962. (AP Photo/US Air Force)
December 8, 2020, 7:30 am
Flying legend Chuck Yeager, first to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Pilot immortalized in ‘The Right Stuff’ hit Mach 1 in experimental Bell X-1 research aircraft in 1947, helping to pave the way for the US space program
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, at a ceremony welcoming the first commercial flydubai flight to Israel, at Ben Gurion Airport, November 26, 2020 (Avi Ohayun/GPO)
November 26, 2020, 2:19 pm
First commercial Emirati flight lands; Netanyahu hails a ‘new era’
UAE’s state-owned airline flydubai offers twice-daily Dubai-Tel Aviv flights; PM predicts ‘with great confidence’ that more states will normalize relations with Israel soon
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat (L) and US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin disembark from a plane upon their arrival at the Bahraini International Airport on October 18, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
October 22, 2020, 4:59 pm
Israel, Bahrain ink agreement for weekly direct flights
Reports indicate flights could take off within weeks; officials hail move as major milestone toward establishment of bilateral tourism, trade
By ToI Staff
El Al's airliner, carrying a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE, landing on the tarmac at the Abu Dhabi airport, August 31, 2020. (Karim SAHIB / AFP)
September 1, 2020, 3:52 pm
Israel, UAE hope to start direct flights within weeks — Foreign Ministry chief
Alon Ushpiz says ‘top priority’ in talks has been opening mutual embassies quickly, and that a joint conference on coronavirus will be held within 2 weeks
By ToI Staff
An El Al crew arrives at Ben Gurion airport on June 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 26, 2020, 10:51 pm
Transportation Ministry presents plan to reopen Israeli skies
Under proposal, incoming travelers from countries with low morbidity will only have to spend 5 days in quarantine, those from harder hit countries will take tests before flying
By ToI Staff
Grounded El Al planes at Ben Gurion Airport on April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90)
July 8, 2020, 2:10 pm
After accepting bailout, El Al signs layoff agreements with parts of workforce
Carrier battered by pandemic inks streamlining deal with maintenance, administrative staff; Israir announces agreement for state-backed loans
By ToI Staff
Grounded El Al planes at Ben Gurion Airport on April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90)
July 6, 2020, 7:27 pm
El Al accepts $400m bailout, with airline likely to be nationalized
Carrier battered by pandemic to receive $250 million government-backed loan and $150 million share offering, with state buying unsold shares
By ToI Staff
The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion airport on June 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 4, 2020, 4:04 am
Airport chief warns Israeli aviation is ‘days away from point of no return’
Ben Gurion CEO Shmuel Zakay calls to renew flights, says months-long stagnation under pandemic endangers tens of thousands of jobs, could cause ‘huge strategic damage’
By ToI Staff
FILE — Israeli pilots of the El Al national airline, at the airport, on April 20, 2010. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
July 3, 2020, 9:39 am
With flights grounded, El Al furloughs 500 more employees including 100 pilots
National carrier, which is seeking a government bailout to stay afloat, is no longer flying at all after talks between pilots and management broke down earlier in the week
By ToI Staff
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