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A plane departs from Ben Gurion Airport, March 16, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 3, 2026, 10:09 pm
Israel planning to allow up to 90 passengers on departing flights starting Sunday
Move would moderately expand outbound travel as wartime restrictions keep Israel’s airspace largely closed; framework is dependent on security assessments and government decisions
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
An Arkia flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, February 25, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
March 27, 2026, 2:46 pm
Mass cancellations as Arkia changes course, says long-haul flights to depart from Israel, not Jordan
After saying flights will take off from Jordan and Egypt, Arkia updates that flights to New York, Bangkok and Hanoi will revert to Israel, where planes are capped at 50 passengers each
By ToI Staff
Passengers stranded by the closure of Dubai International Airport await assistance in the airport parking lot in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026. (AP/Altaf Qadri)
March 1, 2026, 6:12 pm
Global flights in chaos as Iran’s strikes on Gulf shut down world’s busiest air hub
Thousands stranded across world as Dubai, Doha airport closures cause cancellations and rerouted flights, in one of the worst aviation disruptions in years
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An El Al flight takes off at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran toward Israel, February 28, 2026. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
February 28, 2026, 11:02 pm
Iran conflict strands tens of thousands of Israelis abroad
Rescue flights planned for when airspace reopens; travelers advised to stay calm and follow updates; two flydubai flights from Ben Gurion divert to Saudi Arabia
By Zev Stub, Sharon Wrobel and Jessica Steinberg
Planes move on the tarmac at the Nashville International Airport during a winter storm, January 24, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
January 25, 2026, 4:02 pm
Brutal US travel day as more than 13,500 flights canceled amid massive winter storm
Widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain from southern Rocky Mountains to New England result in largest flight cancellation event since pandemic, including those to and from Tel Aviv
By AP and Sharon Wrobel
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Bloomberg, June 10, 2025. (Screen capture via YouTube)
June 19, 2025, 1:55 am
Some US diplomats leave Israel; embassy prepares to evacuate citizens who want to go
Two US officials say government plane evacuated a number of diplomats, family members who asked to depart the country amid war with Iran
By Jacob Magid and Sharon Wrobel
Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, stands empty after Israel closed its airspace due to the outbreak of war with Iran, June 13, 2025. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
June 16, 2025, 12:26 pm
150,000 Israelis stranded abroad; airline heads warn government rescue plan falls short
Outbound travel to remain banned in apparent effort to prevent crowds at Ben Gurion Airport, already a target; flights to Israel not expected to begin before Thursday at earliest
By Sharon Wrobel and 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
Illustrative: An easyJet flight takes off from Ben Gurion 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
Illustrative: 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/Michael Probst)
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
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