Blue Bird and Turkish Airlines will return to operate flights to Israel • Low-cost flights to Greece in the summer • El Al extends operations by the end of May
Return to Greece
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Two other companies have announced that they are resuming operations on the Tel Aviv line. The first is Turkish Airlines, the most active foreign airline that was in Israel before the Corona era, is expected to return its line operation to Tel Aviv as early as next month as part of a gradual return to activity. The company will initially operate lines to 19 destinations around the world including Tokyo, Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna and as mentioned, Tel Aviv. In the first phase, the company is likely to operate only one daily flight and, in accordance with the authorities' decision regarding entry into Israel, the pace of the epidemic spread and demand, the company is expected to expand its operations.
Photo: Gil Kramer, Editing: Gilad Distelman
Another company that has already announced that it will operate direct flights to Israel is Blue Bird. The Greek airline will operate flights to the Greek islands as of July 1 and will allow Israelis who wish to enjoy direct flights in the neighboring country. An investigation shows that the company is offering flights to Rhodes, Mykonos, Solonica, Crete and Kos at prices starting from € 69 per person, a very low price compared to the previous summer.
A survey conducted for Israel today by Gulliver shows that more than 40% of respondents have expressed interest in going on vacation in the country this summer with an interest in rural vacation. About 57% of respondents said they would continue to fly overseas but may reduce the amount of annual flights. More than half of respondents said the first destination they chose to fly would be one that could overcome the pandemic.
So far, a number of airlines have announced that they plan to return Its operations on the Tel Aviv line and beginning from June to early July are expected to return to the country many and large airlines including British Airways, Delta, Alitalia, Air Canada and the Portuguese TAP. At the same time, EL AL announced yesterday that it is extending its cessation of operations to 30 May and this may be the last extension following the expected return of many airlines to Israel.
At present, only Israelis can enter the country and they are transferred to the hotel for 14 days in isolation. Yesterday in Israel it was reported that the isolation in the hotel is expected to be canceled and the Israeli landers will be able to transfer the isolation in homes. It was also reported earlier this week that the Chancellor of Austria convened seven countries that were able to cope well with the spread of the virus and together intend to open the borders in a controlled manner for the passage of tourists between those countries. Among the countries: Austria, Israel, Greece, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark and the Czech Republic, other countries may join in the future. In Greece, too, there are reports of a tourism agreement forming with the State of Israel. The crisis exit plan released on Monday this week speaks of the return of civil aviation to Israel on June 14.
