A very high number of airlines have already announced that they will be flying back to Israel soon • The isolation obligation will decide the issue for many of them • List of companies and dates listed for their return to Israel - inside

• Approaching the return to routine: Allel plane at Ben Gurion Airport

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  Yossi Seliger

Today, there are zero reports of the Corona virus in Israel and many are already fantasizing about their next vacation abroad. The "Israel Today" test reveals that almost a hundred airlines have already announced that they plan to return to Israel. Many of the airlines officially announcing their return to Israel are dependent on the authorities decision In the country regarding isolation.

Major airlines such as Air Canada, Delta, British Airways, Portuguese TAP, Lufthansa, Lukoost EasyJet and Rainier and dozens of other airlines from around the world are among the airlines that have already announced that they will return to Israel.

The airlines have already officially announced that they plan to fly to Israel on the dates listed in the table attached to the article, but if the Israeli government does not remove the decision that anyone entering Israel is obliged to enter 14 days of isolation, many airlines are likely to delay returning to Israel. If you have a flight ticket with one of the companies listed, you may want to check with the agent from whom you have ordered how to operate because if you wish to cancel the ticket, but the flight will depart, you may not receive a refund, it is advisable to check your ticket terms carefully.

Many countries around the world and especially countries such as Taiwan, Norway, Iceland and other countries have already started to race after tourists. Those countries have already launched campaigns calling for tourists to go back to their safe countries and Iceland even increased and now every tourist who enters the country will undergo a quick corona test - if it is clean from Corona it can continue to travel freely. This is a first step of its kind in the world, which will cost the country quite a bit of money because the speed tests are not cheap and the price ranges from $ 50-200 per person, but Icelanders understand that tourists who enter the country leave much more money, alongside the understanding that this is a future investment in the tourism industry that can pay them a lot. .

Currently, there are several airlines operating in Israel. Prominent airlines include United States of America, Ethiopian Airlines, Hungarian Lucoust Wizair and Belarusian Belarus. Foreign nationals cannot enter Israel and Israeli citizens arriving in the country, no matter what country, are obliged to move into domestic isolation for 14 days.

Reporter: Shimon Yaish, Photo: Moshe Buchers

Currently, there are reports of various agreements that the State of Israel is expected to sign in the coming days. One agreement that seems to be the most real of all is to sign with Greece and Cyprus under which Israelis, Greeks and Cypriots can freely move between the countries for several weeks during which those travelers will test, if they find negative and the pilot will be crowned successfully, more countries will join the agreement. Further reports on agreements with Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Norway have been heard many times and Georgia has already declared that the citizens of the State of Israel will be the first to be allowed into its territory without the need for isolation.

Israel is considered to be a tremendous success story when it comes to dealing with the Corona virus and proof of this can be seen in the confidence that many countries around the world acquire towards the State of Israel and the tourists who come from it. Chancellor of Austria has already called on Netanyahu to join a prestigious forum of countries that have successfully coped with the Corona virus and more often join more airlines announcing their return to Israel. At Ben Gurion Airport, they have already prepared a very impressive infrastructure that includes cameras that measure heat and beep when a person enters the terminal without a mask, disinfectant robots, markings on the floor for social remoteness and more - all that remains is that the Israeli government will promote processes on the subject, allowing tourists to enter Israel in a controlled and perhaps similar way. To that of Iceland in order to revive the economy, restaurants, hotels, taxi drivers and several hundred thousand Israelis who make a direct or indirect livelihood from tourism.

Kobi Sussman, CEO of the Israel Airline Organization (IATA) in Israel, commented on the publication, "It can be said that the Corona crisis is the worst economic crisis in the history of civil aviation. From March 2020 to the present, we are seeing a sharp decline in airlines' activity worldwide. In recent times there has been a great deal of effort from all the civil aviation actors to reinvigorate the aviation industry and we are starting to see a start in the next two months with more local activity and upcoming routes and towards the summer months there will be more international activity. Towards the last quarter of the year, we also see aviation activity for distant destinations. We expect the recovery process to be relatively long, but we are optimistic. "