These European air carriers have announced that they will resume connections with David Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv from January 2024.
On October 10, 2023, three days after the Hamas attack on Israel, most airlines suspended their service to David Ben-Gurion International Airport.
A few days ago, the director of Ben Gurion Airport, Udi Bar Oz, organized a meeting with more than 120 representatives of international companies, with the aim of promoting the resumption of their flights to Israel.
Lufthansa will offer four weekly flights from Frankfurt, and three weekly flights from Munich to and from Tel Aviv. The group’s airlines will offer a total of 20 weekly connections to and from Tel Aviv said the company, which also owns the Austrian Austrian Airlines and Swiss.
From January 8, 2024, the airline will offer five direct weekly flights between Zurich and Tel Aviv: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday with A320neo aircraft.
Austrian Airlines will operate eight weekly connections via Vienna.
British Airways suspends flights to and from Tel Aviv until January 10 and Vueling until January 13.
Air France announces that flights are suspended until January 20, 2024.
Ryanair extends its flight restriction measures until Wednesday January 31, 2024 “due to operational restrictions beyond the control of Ryanair”.
On the other side of the Atlantic, the American companies American Airlines and Delta Air Lines both announced that they had canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv through March 29, 2024. Delta said it was continuing “ evaluate the conditions linked to this particular service”.
Today, the daily average air traffic at the airport is approximately 200 departures/arrivals, including international, domestic, private and cargo flights.
Since the start of hostilities, six foreign airlines have maintained continuous activity with regular flights to Ben Gurion, including Etihad, Fly Dubai, Hainan, and Azimut, in addition to Israeli airlines.
Ben Gurion International Airport has placed 600 employees on unpaid leave due to the war, which has weakened tourism industry.
