Foreign Airlines Begin to Return to Israel | Israel today

Lufthansa, United and Delta will operate flight lines to Ben Gurion Airport, in parallel with El Al • Where will it be possible to fly starting next week, subject to Corona restrictions? • All details

• Foreign airlines return to Israel

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  Moshe Shai

The skies in Israel are still closed to commercial activity and the free movement of passengers, but foreign airlines are returning to operate flights to Israel. 

The largest airline in Europe, the German Lufthansa, has announced that it will operate flights on the Frankfurt-Tel Aviv route as early as next week.

The company will operate four weekly flights at this stage, with Israeli airlines sharing the route with it.

Earlier this week, the American United and Delta also announced that they will return to operate flights on the New York-Tel Aviv route as early as Saturday evening, and here too, the foreign companies will share the activity on the Israeli route with El Al. 

The airport in Frankfurt is one of the largest and most central in Europe, from which it is possible to continue to dozens of countries around the world, which is why it was chosen as one of the two destinations to which special flights are operated even during the closed airport.

It is important to remember that the decision to integrate foreign airlines stems in part from American pressure exerted following the fact that Ask Al was the only company operating flights to New York until this week. 

Currently, anyone entering the country is required to present a negative corona test result from the 72 hours prior to the flight and another test immediately after landing.

Vaccinated and recovering are exempt from isolation, those who are not - are required to be isolated in a motel.