The company will operate six weekly flights to Israel starting in June • Meaning: possibility of continued flights to almost the entire world • Georgia: Israeli tourists will be allowed to enter without isolation
Great news for the tourism and aviation industry in Israel: Lufthansa (Germany), the largest European airline, announced on Thursday that it is resuming its flights to Tel Aviv. According to the announcement, the flights will be resumed as early as June as part of a significant return of the company to operations all over Europe and, among other things, also to Israel.
Reporter: Shimon Yaish // Photographer: Shmuel Buchris
The company plans to launch six weekly flights from Munich and Frankfurt in the first two weeks of June, and by the end of June, the company is expected to operate flights to 150 additional destinations around the world.
Ofer Kish, CEO of Lufthansa Group, which also includes Suisse, Austrian and Brussels, referred to the company's return to Tel Aviv line operations: "We are excited to resume our operations on flights to Israel. Israel is among the objectives of the first group of Lufthansa returns to run and that confidence in the importance of the Israeli market group. "
During the month of June are expected other airlines to operate flights on the route to Israel, including: Air Canada, Delta, Rainaiir, British Airways and other airlines.
This means the return of Lufthansa Israel is a possibility of reaching almost anywhere in the world via connecting flights (Connection) through Germany. it is important to note that currently the majority of states do not allow the entry of tourists, but apparently this matter changes are expected in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the Georgia government today announced that Israeli tourists will be able to visit the country soon, thus joining Cyprus and Greece as the first countries we can fly and travel without the need for isolation. At Ben Gurion Airport this morning, a series of new procedures and technological developments were introduced to ensure that social remoteness, hygiene and minimization of infection were maintained.