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Israelis stranded in Dubai board a plane chartered by Israir to Aqaba airport in Jordan, March 6, 2026. (Courtesy Israir)
March 9, 2026, 7:20 pm
First flights bringing Israelis back home from Dubai land at Ben Gurion Airport
604 Israelis stuck since start of Iran war arrive on flydubai flights in Tel Aviv; over 50% of Israelis stranded abroad on eve of war return home via air and land border routes
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: An El Al aircraft is seen at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 25, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 6, 2026, 8:36 pm
Israeli airlines to start outbound flights early Sunday, limited to 70 people per plane
Flydubai and Etihad Airways will resume limited operations to bring home thousands of Israelis stranded in UAE
By Sharon Wrobel
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
An airplane of budget airline Flydubai lands at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on November 26, 2020, on the first scheduled commercial service between the two cities, following the normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
September 25, 2025, 5:26 am
Tel Aviv flight makes emergency stop in Riyadh after Israeli traveler suffers stroke
Flydubai flight carrying roughly 80 Israelis spends more than three hours on the tarmac in Saudi Arabia as passenger is transferred to local hospital for treatment
By ToI Staff
Passengers for a flydubai flight heading to Ben Gurion Airport board their aircraft at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 18, 2024. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
November 15, 2024, 11:39 am
As most airlines avoid Israel, Emirati carriers keep up flights for diplomacy, profit
Tel Aviv-Dubai flights show United Arab Emirates commitment to Abraham Accords despite criticisms of Israel’s actions in Gaza
By Jon Gambrell and Tia Goldenberg
Illustrative: People stand on the tarmac next to a Flydubai airline after it landed at Kabul International Airport in Kabul on November 15, 2023. (AFP)
July 11, 2024, 1:09 pm
Plane with 2 Israelis aboard makes emergency Pakistan landing, leaves without incident
Foreign Ministry says authorities worked to ensure citizens’ safety after their flight from Dubai to Sri Lanka was forced to stop for hours in Karachi to evacuate sick passenger
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People stand on the tarmac next to a Flydubai airline after it landed at Kabul International Airport in Kabul on November 15, 2023. (AFP)
April 19, 2024, 10:55 am
Carriers scramble to reroute flights as alleged Israeli strike hits Iran air traffic
Airports in Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan briefly shuttered, Iran’s western airspace cleared during attack; cancellations compound woes for water-logged Dubai
By Jamie Freed
Illustrative: An Emirates jetliner comes in for landing at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
March 4, 2022, 11:35 am
Shin Bet says flights to Dubai to continue after security concerns with UAE resolved
Security agency chief meets Emirati counterpart to solve dispute relating to security ‘standards used at the airport’; Israeli airlines had warned flights could be halted
By Emanuel Fabian
The Flydubai gate at Tel Aviv airport, on December 7, 2020. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
February 5, 2022, 5:24 pm
Israeli airlines may halt flights to Dubai over security concerns
Issue stems from dispute over security arrangements at airport; freeze would also lead to Emirati airlines halting flights; Shin Bet mulls rerouting planes to Abu Dhabi
By ToI Staff
An Emirates SkyCargo aicraft. (Emirates)
November 28, 2021, 5:18 pm
Emirates airline delays launch of Tel Aviv route after Israel bars entry to tourists
UAE airline says planned December 6 inauguration of regular flights from Dubai postponed until further notice amid Omicron variant scare
By ToI Staff
An Emirates airline cabin crew member poses on one of the United Arab Emirates flag-carrier planes. (Emirates Airlines PR)
November 4, 2021, 1:51 pm
UAE flag carrier Emirates to launch daily Dubai-Tel Aviv flights
Planes will leave Dubai in the afternoon and complete the round trip before midnight; service to begin December 6; airfreight also planned
By AFP and ToI Staff
Airplanes at Ben Gurion International Airport, on May 7, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
May 22, 2021, 10:55 am
US, European airlines restart flights to Israel as ceasefire holds
Announcements of resumption of services come after international carriers scrapped flights amid violence
By AP and ToI Staff
A FlyDubai flight from Tel Aviv to Dubai on December 7, 2020. (Shoshanna Solomon/ Times of Israel)
December 8, 2020, 11:37 am
30,000 feet above virus-stricken planet, a terrifying view of the way we are now
The FlyDubai plane to the UAE was packed, and I was paranoid: Forget terrorism or crashing, it was a simple cough that now had me wondering if we can ever go home again
By Shoshanna Solomon
An Israeli man walks past Emirati staff after passport control upon arrival from Tel Aviv to the Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates, on November 26, 2020. (Karim Sahib/AFP)
December 7, 2020, 8:05 am
Hundreds of Israelis briefly denied entry to UAE after landing in Dubai
Passengers told issue due to change in visa regulations late Sunday; Israelis eventually allowed in after intervention by senior Foreign Ministry officials
By ToI Staff
An Israeli tourist shows his passport after he lands in Dubai on the inaugural commercial Flydubai flight from Ben Gurion Airport to Dubai, November 26, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 12)
November 26, 2020, 9:34 pm
200 Israelis land in UAE as flydubai plane returns after inaugural Israel flight
‘A dream come true,’ says one passenger on landing in Dubai; the UAE state-owned budget airline has launched twice-daily Dubai-Tel Aviv flights
By ToI Staff
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