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 +
Air Serbia has added the first of 21 new routes to its summer network on Thursday 6 April by introducing flights between Belgrade and Tel Aviv. The 1,900-kilometre service will initially operate 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, increasing to 4-weekly from 8 May with an additional rotation on Mondays. The carrier will utilise its […]
April 10, 2023 | Latest Route News +
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 +
Arkia on 26 February introduced a 4-weekly service between its hub in Tel Aviv and Istanbul IST. The 1,165-kilometre route is operated each Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with the airline’s E195 aircraft, as well as the A321neo on select dates. The airline will expand its presence in Turkey with the introduction of flights between […]
March 2, 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
More than 100 European airports have Middle East flights this winter. With 250,000 one-way seats, Düsseldorf ranks 21st, based on Cirium schedules information data. Capacity has risen by a 13% versus W19, helped by the launch of various new routes – including daily service from Doha with Qatar Airways. Five new and resuming Middle East […]
November 23, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
TUS Airways (IATA code U8) has introduced another new route to Tel Aviv in Israel, this time from Toulouse in France. The new, weekly (Tuesday) service started on 12 April using the carrier’s A320 fleet. No other carrier currently offers this 3,190-kilometre route. However, easyJet did connect the two airports in W19/20 with 2-weekly (Tuesday […]
April 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
TUS Airways (IATA code U8) has launched service between Düsseldorf and Tel Aviv in Israel. The 2-weekly service on the 3,140-kilometre route will be operated on Mondays and Thursdays using the airline’s fleet of A320s, of which it currently has three. The third aircraft was welcomed on 11 February, with a fourth aircraft due soon. […]
March 18, 2022 | Latest Route News +
SkyUp Airlines has added a new route from Odessa with the introduction on Wednesday 15 December of a weekly service to Tel Aviv in Israel. The 1,640-kilometre route is already served 2-weekly by Ukraine International Airlines. The day of service will change to Sundays on 27 March 2022. From 23 May there will also be […]
December 16, 2021 | Latest Route News +