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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 472

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Passengers stand in line at Ben Gurion Airport during a nationwide strike demanding the government reach a hostage release deal, September 2, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
December 9, 2024, 10:08 pm
Knesset panel delays vote on compensation policy changes to bring back foreign airlines
Committee head demands steadfast commitment that carriers will resume their services; lambastes war profiteering by Israeli airlines
By Sharon Wrobel
An Israir flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 14, 2024, 7:48 pm
Israir and Arkia gear up to challenge El Al’s monopoly on flights to North America
Israel’s smaller airlines will need to lease wide-bodied aircraft and bring in crews for transatlantic flights; also seeking changes to law on compensation for canceled flights
By Sharon Wrobel
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
File: An El Al airplane on the tarmac at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 10, 2023, 6:38 pm
Knesset preparing to provide a $5b guarantee to keep El Al flying during war
State-backed guarantee will enable El Al, Arkia, and Israir to obtain wartime insurance policy and keep their fleets in the skies, amid broad service suspensions to Israel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Illustrative: Parked airplanes belonging to Israir and El Al at the Ben Gurion International Airport, August 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
September 7, 2023, 5:58 am
Passengers aboard Tel Aviv-Athens flight detained for smoking on plane
Several said to light up while on the tarmac after Israir plane from Israel makes unscheduled landing in Thessaloniki due to weather conditions in Greek capital
By ToI Staff
Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 29, 2022, 6:28 pm
Arkia, Israir airlines sued for allegedly violating Israeli consumer protection laws
Lawsuit seeks compensation of some NIS 20 million from airlines for withholding departure fee refunds they owe to passengers whose terminals were swapped at the last minute
By Tobias Siegal
Rooftop of the Brown Acropol Hotel on Omonia Square in Greece. (courtesy Brown Hotels)
August 12, 2022, 4:19 am
The rise and rise of the little-known Israeli hotel chain about to go supernova
Brown Hotels, which has swiftly built an array of sleek, modern properties, is now making another huge leap with 45 new hotels in the works, most of them in Greece
By Danielle Nagler
The site where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a factory in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, on August 6, 2022. (Flash90)
August 8, 2022, 11:26 pm
Compensation claims flow in as over 100 properties damaged by Gaza rockets
As the ceasefire holds, Israel begins to calculate the costs of Operation Breaking Dawn, which are higher than last year’s Guardian of the Walls
By Danielle Nagler
El Al planes on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport on August 3, 2020. (Jack Guez/ AFP)
September 23, 2021, 11:27 pm
Israeli airlines demand government bailout for COVID losses
In joint letter to Bennett, El Al, Arkia and Israir say they are in danger of collapse, blame cabinet’s COVID policies for devastating their sector during pandemic
By Stuart Winer
Israeli tourists arrive at the Marrakech-Menara International Airport on the first direct commercial flight between Israel and Morocco, on July 25, 2021. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
July 25, 2021, 11:35 pm
Direct Israel-Morocco flights launched, months after ties normalized
Israir planning 2-3 flights per week between Tel Aviv and Marrakesh, El Al says it will have five weekly routes to Marrakesh and Casablanca
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri
An El Al plane is seen parked at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, April 18, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 25, 2021, 8:26 am
Israeli airlines launch direct route to Morocco’s Marrakesh
El Al flight lounge decorated with traditional carpets; Israir captain: ‘There is great excitement from everyone involved in this historic event’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israir flight seen taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, on March 24, 2018. (Shai/FLASH90`0
June 1, 2021, 7:47 pm
Israeli airline to launch direct route to Morocco’s Marrakesh in July
Following normalization agreement, Israir will run five weekly services between Tel Aviv and Morocco’s fourth-largest city; round-trip ticket to cost $580
By AFP
Illustrative: The nearly-empty arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport, on April 12, 2020. (Flash90)
February 10, 2021, 9:24 am
Stuck abroad with airport shut, flummoxed Israelis scramble for a way back home
Travelers who left for what they thought was a short trip are now winging it and searching for answers on how they can get to Israel, angry at the government for abandoning them
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: An Israir flight taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv. September 3, 2015. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 29, 2020, 2:08 pm
Supermarket mogul poised to become new owner of Israir Airlines
Bondholders approve NIS 162 million proposal from Rami Levy and Shalom Haim to buy majority stake in the airline
By ToI Staff
Left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Nov. 19, 2020; Right: Morocco's King Mohammed VI in Paris, May 2, 2017 (AP Photos/Maya Alleruzzo, Michel Euler)
December 11, 2020, 9:20 am
Netanyahu said set to speak with Moroccan king Friday on normalization deal
Trump also to take part in call, Israeli officials tell local media; Israeli airlines all plan to operate routes; diplomat says Biden unlikely to reverse West Sahara decision
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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