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Illustrative photo of drugs (Orel Cohen /Flash90)
April 23, 2018, 3:35 pm
Tax authority seizes record haul of drugs at Ben Gurion airport
Canine unit helps to sniff out 38 international postal shipments of various narcotics in less than a day
By TOI staff
A new ad by Israel Religious Action Center telling women they do not have to give up their seats on flights to Israel at the requests of ultra-Orthodox men. (Courtesy)
April 4, 2018, 12:08 pm
Airport bars ad telling women not to give up seats for ultra-Orthodox men
Billboards for Ben Gurion Airport by Reform movement's advocacy arm were aimed to back court ruling that said El Al can't force female passengers to move from their assigned places
By Stuart Winer and JTA
A Flygermania plane collided with an El Al plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport on March 28, 2018. Nobody was hurt. (Israel Airports Authority screenshot)
March 28, 2018, 7:47 am
German plane collides with El Al jet on Tel Aviv tarmac; no injuries
Tail-to-tail collision at Ben Gurion Airport follows Budapest incident on Tuesday, in which an Israeli woman was seriously hurt when she fell from door of plane
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of a dog sniffing luggage (iStock/Vi_L)
March 17, 2018, 6:42 am
At Ben-Gurion, cash-sniffing dog catches diamond merchant’s €200,000 cache
Amid nationwide crackdown on money laundering, individuals can now bring no more than NIS 50,000 cash in their luggage, down from NIS 100,000
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative: Thousands of Israelis stand in line at the departure terrminal at Ben Gurion International airport on April 20, 2013. Israeli airlines employees called a strike for Sunday to protest against a government proposal to finalize a deregulation plan with European carriers which they say would result in widespread layoffs (photo credit: Yossi Zaliger/Flash90)
February 22, 2018, 9:14 pm
Brief workers strike causes delays at Ben Gurion airport
Employees instruct control tower to only allow planes to take off once every ten minutes rather than the normal two
By TOI staff
View of the main terminal at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, October 2, 2017 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 10, 2018, 11:32 am
Ben Gurion Airport briefly halts flights due to northern conflagration
Officials stop departures and delay arrivals for an hour following security assessment
By TOI staff
Illustrative: An Air FedEx Express plane seen at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 30, 2018, 11:24 pm
Within 5 seconds of disaster: 2 planes nearly collide over Tel Aviv
FedEx plane pilot sharply changes course, averting crash, after small United Nations aircraft strays from flight plan
By Stuart Winer
A view of Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, January 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
January 22, 2018, 2:44 am
Wayward drone briefly grounds flights at Ben Gurion Airport
Israel Airports Authority says airspace closed for 10 minutes because UAV caused a 'security and safety risk' to airplanes
By TOI staff
El Al flight 008 from New York to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Goose Bay, Canada, on January 14, 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)
January 15, 2018, 11:57 am
El Al plane lands in Israel after passengers spend 13 hours at Canada airbase
26 hours after leaving New York, 400 travelers on Flight LY008 arrive in Tel Aviv following emergency stop due to malfunction
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
December 29, 2017, 10:05 am
With an eye to Trump and Netanyahu, Israeli university takes on ‘fake news’
As politicians disseminate more and more misinformation while discrediting and bypassing the media, University of Haifa hopes to help students 'analyze and understand reality'
By Raoul Wootliff
El Al flight seen at the airstrip at the Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
December 26, 2017, 9:59 pm
Ben Gurion Airport to undergo $1.43 billion expansion
Upgrades meant to help handle expected 50 percent increase of passengers over the next five years
By JTA
A remote controlled drone with a camera attached to it on February 18, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
December 24, 2017, 11:42 pm
Eyeing growing threat, Israel looks to resolve security forces’ drone wars
Government tells National Security Council to sort out whether army or police responsible for dealing with rogue unmanned aircraft
By Judah Ari Gross
Aviation Bridge officials pose for a photo with a Syrian infant being airlifted to Israel from Cyprus for emergency heart surgery on December 23, 2017. (Courtesy: Aviation Bridge)
December 23, 2017, 8:04 pm
2-day-old Syrian refugee baby airlifted to Israel for emergency heart surgery
Interior Minister Deri grants entry permits to father and child after Cyprus appeals to Israeli for assistance in treating the 2-day-old
By TOI staff
Teva workers protest against company plan to lay off hundreds of employees by blocking the Begin highway in Jerusalem, December 17, 2017. Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 17, 2017, 6:30 am
Public sector strike paralyzes country over drug-maker layoffs
Airport, banks, health services and more shut down for four hours to protest Teva plans to fire 1,750 workers; transportation unaffected, but demonstrators may block highways
By TOI staff
An El Al flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 16, 2017, 8:17 pm
Dozens of Ben Gurion flights moved up Sunday morning due to general strike
Airport to be shuttered from 8:00 a.m. to noon as part of nationwide 'solidarity' strike over Teva job cuts expected to bring country to a standstill
By TOI staff and AFP
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