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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

flight disruptions

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
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
A man looks at the board displaying multiple delayed and cancelled flights at Ben Gurion International airport on August 25, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 25, 2024, 11:28 am
Travel chaos as Ben Gurion Airport briefly shut, foreign airlines nix flights
Main Israeli travel hub shut for 2 hours as IDF hits Hezbollah to thwart major attack; flights diverted to nearby airports; airport chief says situation slowly returning to normal
By ToI Staff
A Lufthansa Airbus A380 lands in Frankfurt, Germany, February 14, 2019. (AP/Michael Probst)
August 1, 2024, 11:06 am
Lufthansa flight to Tel Aviv lands in Cyprus, returns to Munich; passengers deplore treatment
Passengers say they were falsely told Israel had closed its airspace; were only allowed to disembark in Larnaca after a quarrel, while their luggage returned to Munich
By ToI Staff
The scene of a Hezbollah rocket impact in Kibbutz HaGoshrim on July 30, 2024. (Courtesy/used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law); Inset: Nir Popko, 28, who was killed in the attack. (X; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 30, 2024, 5:13 pm
Civilian killed by Hezbollah rocket as Israeli reprisal to Majdal Shams attack looms
Missile strikes kibbutz in Upper Galilee; airlines continue to suspend flights to Beirut amid fears of escalation; IDF strikes 7 Hezbollah sites in 7 areas in Lebanon overnight
By Emanuel Fabian, Reuters and ToI Staff
Lufthansa aircrafts parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, September 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)
July 29, 2024, 6:31 pm
Lufthansa cancels two flights to Israel amid spiraling tensions in the north
Cancellations attributed to ‘operational circumstances,’ after the German airline and its partners froze flights to and from Beirut
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Tus Airways flight comes in to land at Larnaca Airport, southern Cyprus, August 17, 2018. (Matthieu CLAVEL / AFP)
August 10, 2023, 10:56 am
Israelis pulled off flight from Cyprus to Tel Aviv for unruly behavior
Six youths said arrested at Larnaca airport after throwing a bottle at a woman on board and arguing with flight attendants
By ToI Staff
An Israeli attempts to break onto a flight in Istanbul, July 4, 2023. (Screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
July 4, 2023, 8:57 pm
3 Israelis arrested in Turkey for trying to break onto missed flight
Father, 2 sons forcefully open bridge leading from gate to plane, jump down to runway in attempt to halt takeoff
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom ambulances and medics on stanby as an El Al plane traveling from Tel Aviv to Tokyo had to double back and make an emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport, April 22, 2023. (MDA)
April 23, 2023, 5:38 am
Plane en route from Tel Aviv to Tokyo makes emergency landing back in Israel
El Al flight doubles back 20 minutes after take-off from Ben Gurion Airport following ‘technical issues’ with one of the engines on the 787 Boeing aircraft; no injuries reported
By ToI Staff
An El Al plane is seen parked at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, April 18, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 15, 2022, 10:00 am
El Al among six airlines fined by US for too-long delay of COVID ticket refunds
Department of Transportation says Israeli airline to pay $61.9 million to passengers on top of $900,000 penalty for delaying refunds in violation of consumer-protection rules
By AP and ToI Staff
El Al workers seen at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on March 1, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
May 6, 2022, 1:00 am
Work dispute forces El Al to cancel participation in Independence Day flyover
Mechanics leave posts, accuse pilots of canceling several commercial flights in recent days; pilots’ union says mechanics playing ‘petty politics’
By Tobias Siegal
Illustrative: An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport, on October 13, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 12, 2022, 9:51 pm
Consumer watchdog orders El Al to address numerous customer complaints
Reported grievances include inability to contact representatives and no compensation for flight changes or cancellations; airline says many incidents due to COVID restrictions
By ToI Staff
Then-president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 20, 2022, 6:17 pm
Rivlin said to argue with El Al flight attendants over plane seat
Due to change amid ongoing disagreements between Israel and UAE over security arrangements, former president said to take seat intended for flight attendants
By ToI Staff
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