Tag: Plane
Six airlines resuming service to Israel
Six airlines will restore their Israel routes by next week. Most airlines canceled flights due to ongoing tensions in the region.
On Friday, Romanian low-cost airline Biz Airlines, which only started flying to Israel in...
With few airlines flying to Israel amid war, El Al in hot seat for...
El Al Airlines, which standardized fares last week to four cities that will serve as global transportation hubs until the end of the year, faces an Israel Competition Authority investigation for allegedly “unfair” prices.
Travel experts told...
Delta, United airlines resume flights to Israel
At 3:30 p.m. in Newark, N.J., United Airlines flight 84 is scheduled to depart from terminal C, gate 138 at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday. It is slated to arrive on Friday in...
Israelis attacked on flight to Thailand
A woman attacked two Israelis during a flight to Thailand, according to video of the incident and testimony from one of the victims.
Dotan Simon, a resident of Zikhron Ya’akov, and a friend were passengers on...
Man who used anti-Jewish slur removed from American Airlines flight
A man was forcefully removed from a plane that had not yet departed from Tampa International Airport in Florida after yelling an antisemitic slur at a flight attendant.
The unnamed man, who was aboard American...
Kazakhstan launches direct flights to Israel
Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, launched direct flights between Tel Aviv and Almaty on Thursday.
“We look forward to much stronger, closer and mutually beneficial cooperation with Israel. Great opportunities open up with the start...
Flight with 100-plus Israelis makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
A commercial flight from the Seychelles to Tel Aviv carrying 128 Israelis made an unscheduled landing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday night.
Air Seychelles flight HM022 was forced to land due to an electrical...
Commercial flight to Israel crosses Saudi airspace for first time since Riyadh opened skies...
A Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Tel Aviv on Thursday became the first commercial plane to traverse Saudi airspace en route to Israel since the kingdom fully opened its skies to airlines...
German airline to appoint anti-Semitism manager after keeping Jews from flight
Lufthansa Airlines will hire an anti-Semitism manager and adopt the International Human Rights Commission’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism after an incident that garnered international attention, in which more than 100 identifiably Jewish individuals were barred from a flight on...
Israel requests Saudi Arabia allow direct flights for Muslim pilgrims
Israel’s Regional Cooperation Minister, Esawi Frej, said on Thursday that he asked Saudi Arabia to allow direct flights from Israel for Muslim pilgrims.
It comes as U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East...