Tag: Ben Gurion Airport
Summer travel season begins with chaos at Israel’s main airport
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...
Egypt, Israel open new direct flight between Tel Aviv and Sharm el-Sheikh
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...
Emirates Airline to launch daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv
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...
Israel welcomes individual tourists back into the country
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...
Bennett says for time being, Israelis should avoid non-essential travel abroad
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...
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...
As rockets rain down on Tel Aviv, foreign airlines suspend flights to Israel
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...
Israel opens skies to returning citizens amid third phase of lockdown exit
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,...
Israel approves week-long shutdown of Ben-Gurion Airport
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 to launch new direct flights between New York and Israel
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...