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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

United Airlines

A Fly Dubai plane is parked on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Lod, November 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ohad Zwigenberg)
Tech forum names seasonal airline, reveals fares for NY route, to launch in January
By Sharon Wrobel
With US airlines staying away, limited seats, and sky-high fares, TechAir is set to offer Tel Aviv-New York flights at a round-trip fare of $800-$1,800 in economy class
A Fly Dubai plane is parked on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Lod, November 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ohad Zwigenberg)
November 25, 2024, 11:12 pm
Tech forum names seasonal airline, reveals fares for NY route, to launch in January
With US airlines staying away, limited seats, and sky-high fares, TechAir is set to offer Tel Aviv-New York flights at a round-trip fare of $800-$1,800 in economy class
By Sharon Wrobel
Passengers at Ben Gurion Airport, August 1, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 9, 2024, 6:37 pm
Airlines extend Israel flight suspensions amid ongoing military uncertainty
With fears of an escalation with Iran and Hezbollah looming, many routes to and from the Jewish state remain on hold
By ToI Staff
Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, June 6, 2022. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 1, 2024, 7:00 pm
As more foreign airlines nix flights, Israeli official says airspace ‘absolutely safe’
FlyDubai, Delta, Air India, Baltic Airlines cancel some services, as does Lufthansa Group; United has now canceled all flights until further notice
By ToI Staff
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
Illustrative: Delta Airlines aircraft takes off as United Airlines aircraft sits on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
July 31, 2024, 10:35 pm
United, Delta cancel flights to Israel amid fears of attacks
More airlines may follow as country braces for Hezbollah, Iranian retaliation over assassinations of top terror officials
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: a United Airlines plane taxis at Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, on January 11 2023. (Ket Betancur/AFP)
June 5, 2024, 11:04 am
US airlines set to resume Israel flights after pauses due to October 7, Iran attack
United, Delta to start flying to New York daily this week after temporary halts in service; American Airlines routes still paused; Air Canada extends suspension to August
By ToI Staff
View of a United Airlines flight at Ben Gurion Airport on August 3, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
February 22, 2024, 4:15 am
United to resume direct flights to Israel, the first US carrier to do so since Oct. 7
Airlines says first two flights from Newark will include a stop in Munich, with goal of starting nonstop service again on March 6
By Agencies
Illustrative: Secular Israelis board a gender-segregated bus where women sit in the back of the bus, and men in the front. The secular women sat among ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the front, as part of a protest against the exclusion of women in the public sphere, January 1, 2012. (Miriam Alster / Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 3:31 am
Reporter’s United flight discrimination claim intensifies gender segregation debate
Journalist’s assertion she was asked to move seats so Haredi men wouldn’t have to sit next to her, and shouted at for refusing, comes as issues of gender equality return to fore
By Andrew Lapin
Neria Kraus, Channel 13 US correspondent. (YouTube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 15, 2023, 10:47 pm
Reporter says United crew yelled at her for refusing Haredi request to move seats
Channel 13 US correspondent Neria Kraus describes ‘humiliating incident’ on board flight to Tel Aviv from New York, but man claims son asked to switch seats to be next to friend
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Dreamliner 787-10 pulls up to a gate in Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, in 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
August 7, 2022, 12:25 pm
Flight from US delayed when pilot refused to fly to Israel over ‘security situation’
Passengers say they were given contradictory reasons for delay, including United Airlines’ pilot’s refusal to fly and a non-existent ‘curfew’ at Ben Gurion Airport
By Ash Obel
View of a United Airlines flight at Ben Gurion Airport on August 3, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 21, 2022, 11:29 am
Flight from NY to Tel Aviv turns back after two unruly Israelis grab business seats
Passengers said to raise ruckus after sitting in business class, refusing to prove to cabin crew they had tickets for it; pilot returns to NY, pair arrested
By 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
Airplanes at Ben Gurion International Airport, on May 7, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
May 13, 2021, 10:11 am
Israel shuts Ben Gurion Airport to incoming flights; US airlines start canceling
Amid dangers posed by ongoing rocket fire from Gaza, arriving planes diverted to Ramon airport near Eilat; departures continue from Ben Gurion; US airlines begin canceling flights
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The departure hall at the almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on January 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 24, 2021, 9:00 pm
2 families to be deported after forging permits to fly to Israel
21 people said to fraudulently board United Airlines flight from New York
By ToI Staff
In this photo provided by the Broomfield Police Department on Twitter, debris is scattered in the front yard of a house at near 13th and Elmwood, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, in Broomfield, Colorado (Broomfield Police Department via AP)
February 22, 2021, 8:15 am
FAA orders United to inspect Boeing 777s after engine explodes over Denver
Airline says temporarily removing plane from service after parts of aircraft rained down on suburban neighborhoods when engine blew apart just after takeoff
By AP
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