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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 492

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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 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
In this March 26, 2017 file photo, Belarus police detain journalist Raman Pratasevich, center, in Minsk, Belarus. Raman Pratasevich, a founder of a messaging app channel that has been a key information conduit for opponents of Belarus’ authoritarian president, has been arrested after an airliner in which he was riding was diverted to Belarus because of a bomb threat. . (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
May 24, 2021, 4:21 am
International outrage as Belarus ‘hijacks’ flight to detain government critic
Belarus orders Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to divert to Minsk, claiming bomb threat; Raman Pratasevich, who faces 15 years in jail, is detained when it lands
By LIUDAS DAPKUS
File: Ryanair Chief Executive, Michael O'Leary at the airline's Dublin headquarters in April 2016 (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)
February 22, 2020, 7:33 pm
Ryanair CEO sparks outrage after calling to profile Muslim men at airports
Budget airline says it’s sorry if anyone was offended by Michael O’Leary’s remarks, but asserts he was only calling for ‘more effective airport security checks’
By ToI Staff
A Ryanair Boeing 737 airliner seen at Ramon Airport near Eilat, March 4, 2019. (Rafi Peled/Israel Airport Authority)
March 4, 2019, 9:58 pm
Eilat’s Ramon airport welcomes first international flights
Ryanair flight from Poland first from abroad to land at new airport; old airport in center of Eilat set to close later this month
By Ori Lewis
Ryanair Boeing 737-800 aircraft (EI-EKR) after landing at Belfast City Airport, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photo credit: Ardfern, CC, via Wikimedia Commons)
From the WebFebruary 1, 2017, 11:44 am
Ryanair announces new Israel routes
Globes: The Irish low-cost carrier says it will operate 19 routes from Israel — seven from Ben Gurion airport and 12 from Ovda Airport, north of the city of Eilat; full details of the plan still need to be released
Illustrative: A RyanAir Boeing 737 plane. (Courtesy)
March 1, 2016, 4:55 pm
2 Israeli fighter jets said to nearly crash into Ryanair plane
IAF F-16s come ‘dangerously close’ to passenger aircraft, with 162 on board, above Eilat’s Ovda airport; airline denies near-miss
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A RyanAir Boeing 737 plane. (Courtesy)
July 8, 2015, 12:13 pm
Low-cost airline Ryanair to begin Israel flights
Discount carrier’s entry into local market will bring European vacationers to the southern city of Eilat
By Luke Tress
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