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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

Turkish Airlines

A Turkish Airlines plane seen at the airstrip at Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
April 28, 2025, 9:38 pm
Virgin nixes Israel route, Turkey’s carriers waive flight slots at Tel Aviv airport
Three airlines — Virgin, Turkish Airlines, and Pegasus Airlines — signal they will not resume flight services to Israel amid ongoing Gaza war
By Sharon Wrobel
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
In this January 10, 2017, photo, Turkish Airlines aircraft are stationed at Ataturk International Airport covered in snow, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Faik Kaptan/Depo Photos via AP)
June 14, 2022, 8:30 pm
Turkish Airlines to become Türkiye as Ankara hopes new spelling takes off
Name change comes as part of Erdogan’s push for his country to be known internationally as ‘Türkiye’ instead of ‘Turkey’
By AP
A photo of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, one of several plane crash photos sent to passengers on a flight from Israel to Turkey that was delayed on May 10, 2022 (Israel Airports Authority)
May 10, 2022, 1:37 pm
Flight returns to Ben Gurion terminal as plane crash pics sent to passengers’ phones
Nine passengers suspected of sending the photos are removed from flight to Turkey; plane, which had been taxiing for takeoff, later departs safely after extensive security checks
By ToI Staff
A Turkish Airlines plane seen at the airstrip at Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
January 13, 2020, 3:31 pm
Israeli flyers timorous as Middle Eastern carriers keep their routes over Iran
Many in the Jewish state fly to East Asia via Istanbul or Amman with airlines that haven’t rerouted flights since downing of Ukrainian plane
By ToI Staff
A plane passes as firefighters attempt to extinguish a burning private airplane that crashed at Ataturk Airport on September 21, 2017 in Istanbul. (AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)
September 22, 2017, 1:18 am
Private jet crashes Istanbul’s main airport, bursts into flame
Plane speeds off runway, catches fire, but all four occupants climb out to safety
By AFP
In this January 10, 2017, photo, Turkish Airlines aircraft are stationed at Ataturk International Airport covered in snow, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Faik Kaptan/Depo Photos via AP)
July 5, 2017, 4:37 pm
Dubai’s Emirates, Turkish airlines off US laptop ban list
Airlines say they have made adjustments to satisfy US concerns that terror groups might smuggle explosives on board in electronic devices
By Jon Gambrell
This file photo taken on January 22, 2012 shows a Saudi man sitting near a woman as he works on his laptop at a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
March 21, 2017, 6:59 pm
UK issues laptop, tablet flight ban for six countries
In similar move to US, certain electronic devices now prohibited in airplane cabins because of bomb scares
By AFP
File. An Easyjet Airline flight at Ben Gurion International Airport (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
February 14, 2017, 7:07 pm
Plane collision narrowly averted at Ben Gurion Airport
Control tower orders Easyjet flight to pull out of landing to avoid Turkish Airlines plane readying to take off
By Sue Surkes
Passengers wait at Ataturk airport`s main entrance in Istanbul, on June 28, 2016, after two explosions followed by gunfire hit Turkey's largest airport, killing at least 36. (AFP / OZAN KOSE)
June 29, 2016, 6:57 am
Istanbul airport resumes partial operations after suicide attacks
Turkish Airlines flight from Tel Aviv takes off Wednesday morning; stoppage on flights to US also lifted after bombings, shootings kill at least 36
By ToI Staff
A Turkish Airlines flight seen at the airstrip at the Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
June 29, 2016, 12:10 am
Turkish Airlines flights from Israel suspended after Istanbul attack
No Israelis hurt in blasts; attack comes 3 months after Jerusalem raised travel warning for Turkey; Herzog: Terror is worst threat to humanity
By Raphael Ahren
A Turkish Airlines flight (photo credit: CC BY-SA BriYYZ/Flickr/File)
May 14, 2016, 8:45 pm
Israel bars Turkish Airlines pilot with Iranian passport
Shin Bet rejects request from Ankara to make a one-night exception; pilot prevented from entering the country and flown home
By ToI Staff
Malian troops take position outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on November 20, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC / AFP / Sebastien RIEUSSEC)
November 20, 2015, 1:06 pm
At least 3 hostages killed in Mali siege, 20 freed
Security forces storm luxury Radisson Blu hotel, where gunmen are holding over 150 people
By AFP and Agencies
Illustrative photo of Turkish Airlines planes on a runway (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 29, 2015, 11:05 am
Radioactive leak detected at Delhi airport
Four cartons containing nuclear medicine found damaged near Turkish Airlines cargo area
By AFP
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