El Al added a new European destination to its network on Thursday 11 July with the introduction of flights between Tel Aviv and Belgrade. The 1,900-kilometre 2-weekly service will be maintained by its leisure brand Sun d’Or on Thursdays and Sundays with the 737-800 aircraft. Frequencies will increase to 3-weekly from 27 October. It will compete directly against Arkia’s […]
July 25, 2024 | Latest Route News +
The Irish capital is Europe’s 13th busiest airport in S24 by available departing seats, according to Cirium schedules information. It has just over 13 million, up slightly on S23 and 5% above S19. Dublin has 180 non-stop destinations this summer. While its network is down compared to last summer, it is nonetheless significant. Dublin has […]
May 7, 2024 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
El Al introduced a new limited transatlantic service between its Tel Aviv hub and Fort Lauderdale. The 10,595-kilometre route will be maintained weekly, on Wednesdays, over the Jewish holidays, until 12 October. The service will be restored 2-weekly from 15 April. El Al will deploy its 238-seat 787-8 aircraft. It faces no competition between the […]
September 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +
El Al is the largest airline between Tel Aviv and Europe/North America. According to Cirium schedules information data, it has 1.79 million one-way seats this summer – 10% fewer than in S19. That is because its network has shrunk from 52 to 40 routes. Europe/North America share falls to just 20% In the past decade, […]
March 23, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
El Al added a second new destination in Europe to its network this month by launching flights between Tel Aviv and Dublin on Thursday 16 March. The 4,040-kilometre 3-weekly service operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays with the 737-800 aircraft. There is no other airline flying between the two cities. Flight LY303 departs Tel Aviv at 16:15 local […]
March 22, 2023 | Latest Route News +
El Al added a new European destination to its network on Monday 13 March with the introduction of seasonal flights between Tel Aviv and Porto in Portugal. The 3,985-kilometre 2-weekly service is being maintained by its leisure brand Sun d’Or on Mondays and Wednesdays with the 737-800 aircraft. There is no other operator between the […]
March 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +
There are 174,000 departures from the Middle East to Europe this year, of which Tel Aviv has over 41,000 – more than any other airport. However, Tel Aviv’s European recovery has a long way to go, with 2022 flights at 71% of the 59,000 available in 2019, the highest number thus far. But it’s getting […]
December 1, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis