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A Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX takes off from Lisbon airport, January 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
July 10, 2026, 10:44 pm
Man nearly sucked out of ‘detached’ window on Ryanair flight from Greece
Serbian tourist suffers friction burns after head and shoulders exit airplane mid-air when engine debris strikes window, is held in by other passengers; ‘fortunately, he hadn’t taken off his seat belt’
By AFP
A Ryanair flight lands at Ben Gurion Airport, March 31, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
September 30, 2025, 5:15 pm
Ryanair won’t resume Israel flights this winter, ‘fed up’ with treatment by airport
Airline says Ben Gurion Airport refusing to confirm summer 2026 slots when schedules already on sale, can only resume services when airport honors agreements with company
By Sharon Wrobel
A Ryanair plane at Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv. March 2, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
May 28, 2025, 6:41 pm
Low-cost carrier Ryanair follows British Airways in dropping Israel flights until August
Irish budget airline is among the many foreign carriers that halted services to Tel Aviv after a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis struck grounds of Ben Gurion Airport
By Sharon Wrobel
Irish budget airline Ryanair Chief executive Michael O'Leary holds a press conference in Lisbon on February 5, 2025. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
May 19, 2025, 6:52 pm
Ryanair says it’s sick of Tel Aviv disruptions, may take off for other destinations
Airline’s CEO says if Houthi disruptions continue, he’ll consider diverting aircraft to European countries instead
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Smoke in the area of Ben Gurion Airport after a ballistic missile was fired at Israel from Yemen on May 4, 2025 (Screen grab from social media used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 4, 2025, 3:10 pm
Most foreign airlines halt flights to Tel Aviv after Houthi missile hits airport
Lufthansa group, Air India, Wizz Air suspend service to Israel until May 6, and United until May 8; others, including Air France and Delta, cancel Sunday flights
By Sharon Wrobel
Passengers at the Duty Free in the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on January 26, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 17, 2025, 12:23 pm
Airlines flock back to Israel with resumed services in coming month
1st United Airlines flight arrives from New York; British Airways, Ryanair, Delta, Iberia, Air Baltic carriers set to restore operations, with others to follow later in the year
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 Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX takes off from Lisbon airport, January 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
January 10, 2025, 4:31 pm
Ryanair plans to fly full summer schedule to Israel, predicts others will too
Chief executive of major subsidiary Ryanair DAC says his airline will be ‘back there for the summer,’ expresses hope that Ben Gurion Airport’s low cost Terminal 1 will reopen
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Easy Jet flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 7, 2024, 12:25 pm
Some low-cost airlines cancel Israel routes amid Iran threat, others resume flights
Ryanair cancels Wednesday flights; easyJet suspends Tel Aviv route till March; Wizz resumes flights but Lufthansa, Delta, extend suspensions; some 150,000 said stranded abroad
By ToI Staff
A Ryanair plane at Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv. March 2, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
March 13, 2024, 4:49 pm
Ryanair suspends Israel flights again, blaming wartime closure of low-cost terminal
Irish low-cost carrier cites high costs borne by passengers, after resuming selected routes on Feb. 1; service was canceled when war broke out on Oct. 7
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A RyanAir Boeing 737 plane. (Courtesy)
June 16, 2023, 10:42 am
‘Landing in Palestine’: Uproar erupts on Ryanair flight to Tel Aviv
Despite complaints from passengers, stewardess repeatedly says final destination of flight is ‘occupied Palestine’; airline calls incident an ‘innocent mistake’
By ToI Staff
A baby left at check-in at Ben Gurion Aiport, January 31, 2023 (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 31, 2023, 4:44 pm
Parents leave ticketless baby at airport check-in as they rush to board flight
Couple traveling from Ben Gurion to Brussels had not purchased a seat for infant; airport staff intercept them, send them back to get child
By ToI Staff
The Ryanair plane carrying opposition figure Raman Pratasevich, lands at the international airport outside Vilnius, Lithuania, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
January 21, 2022, 8:26 am
US charges Belarus with air piracy in flight diversion nation blamed on Hamas threat
The international community believes Ryanair flight was force to land last May in order to arrest an opposition journalist on board
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Ryanair plane carrying opposition figure Raman Pratasevich, lands at the international airport outside Vilnius, Lithuania, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
May 24, 2021, 8:22 pm
Belarus claims it forced plane to land over Hamas threat; terror group denies it
Government critic Raman Pratasevich, who faces 15 years in jail, arrested and detained when Ryanair plane lands, sparking international outrage
By Agencies
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