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Check-in at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, on June 14, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Summer travel season begins with chaos at Israel’s main airport

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After returning to full operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport is having difficulty coping with heavy passenger traffic as the summer travel season gets underway. Even though the airport...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi meet at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in September 2021. Credit: Prime Minister's Office.

Egypt, Israel open new direct flight between Tel Aviv and Sharm el-Sheikh

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Israel and Egypt are opening a new direct flight route between Ben-Gurion International Airport and Sharm el-Sheikh, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Wednesday. Flights are expected to begin during the intermediate days of Passover...
An Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777F. Credit: Adrian Pingstone/Wikipedia.

Emirates Airline to launch daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv

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Emirates Airline has announced plans for daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv starting on Dec. 6. “Emirates is excited to announce Tel Aviv, one of the region’s key gateways, as its newest destination. With...
Travelers arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport as Israel reopens its borders to individual foreign tourists. Nov. 1, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israel welcomes individual tourists back into the country

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This is the moment that so many travelers—and Israel’s tourism industry—have been waiting for since the pandemic shut out much of foreign travel through Ben-Gurion International Airport in March 2020. As of Nov. 1, Israel...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference at Ben-Gurion International Airport on June 22, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

Bennett says for time being, Israelis should avoid non-essential travel abroad

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has asked Israeli citizens this week to avoid non-essential travel overseas in light of the Delta variant of the coronavirus infection rates. Speaking on Tuesday from Ben-Gurion International Airport, Bennett said...
Ben Gurion International Airport, June 20, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Wary of new outbreak, Israel to increase COVID screening at Ben-Gurion Airport

Israel will significantly increase COVID-19 screening at Ben-Gurion International Airport amid fears of the highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, first detected in India. An Israeli Health Ministry committee has warned the government...
Canceled flights at Ben-Gurion International Airport at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, March 11, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

As rockets rain down on Tel Aviv, foreign airlines suspend flights to Israel

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Amid ongoing rocket attacks from Gaza, one after another foreign airline has suspended flights to Israel, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday, citing civil aviation officials. According to the reports, most of the flights arriving...
Diners at a restaurant in Tel Aviv on March 7, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel opens skies to returning citizens amid third phase of lockdown exit

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Israel began the third stage of its COVID-19 lockdown exit on Sunday following a Cabinet ruling the day before. Under the new regulations, restrictions are further lifted on travel into and out of the country,...
A lone traveler at the almost empty Ben-Gurion International Airport on January 24, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

Israel approves week-long shutdown of Ben-Gurion Airport

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The Israeli government on Monday approved a Cabinet decision to close Israel’s skies to all arrivals for a week, with the aim of keeping out dangerous mutations of the COVID-19 virus and safeguarding the country’s...
American Airlines plane. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

American Airlines to launch new direct flights between New York and Israel

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American Airlines is scheduled to begin a new direct flight this spring between New York and Israel, traveling to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport and Ben-Gurion International Airport. While the new direct route was announced in...