Almost all foreign airlines canceled their flights from Israel and to Israel. Many of the airlines canceled their flights in the early days, and the tourism industry hoped that after a short period of fighting, an outline would be found that would allow them to resume operating flights to and from Israel.
In recent days, many airlines have announced that they are significantly extending the validity of flight cancellations to and from Israel, which means that the likelihood that we will see foreign airlines returning to operate flights to Israel soon is low.
The Lufthansa Group is also cancelling all flights to the country in the coming month. Photo: Reuters,
EasyJet has announced that all its flights to Israel will be cancelled until November 30, Emirates, Air France and KLM, Aero Europe, the Lufthansa Group (Swiss, Austrian, Lufthansa and Brussels), and ITA have also announced the same date and until then will not operate flights to Israel. American Airlines has announced that all of its flights to Israel will be canceled until January 8 next year, alongside companies such as TAP, Cathay Pacific and Korean, which have canceled their flights until at least early 2024.
Turkish Airlines announced that all its flights were cancelled until December 15, Virgin Atlantic cancelled until November 22, Ethiopian Airlines, which was supposed to return to Israel last week, canceled until November 20, Gulf Air of Bahrain canceled until November 19 and Jordanian Royal Jordanian until November 15.
One of the few airlines still flying to Israel. Photo: Reuters,
At the same time, foreign airlines that operate flights to Israel, such as TUS and Blue Bird, have reduced operations very significantly, each of which operates only one flight a day, compared to about four or five flights they carried out at the beginning of the war.
One of the reasons for the significant reduction in the number of flights is the cost of insurance, which can reach tens of thousands of shekels per flight, a cost that the State of Israel absorbs for Israeli airlines. It is important to note that demand for flights abroad has also dropped very significantly, and the numbers range around 7,000 departing from Israel every day, compared to about 40,45-<>,<> on normal days.
Currently, these are the main foreign airlines operating flights to Israel: Fly Dubai, Etihad, TUS, Blue Bird, Red Wings, Uzbekistan Air and Azimut. Of course, all Israeli airlines continue to operate as well.
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