Almost all foreign airlines stopped flying to Israel in the early days of the Iron Sword War. Most of the airlines continued their decision not to fly to Israel, but now, several large and very significant companies at Ben Gurion Airport have issued announcements with quite a few meanings.
The second most active foreign airline at Ben Gurion Airport in the days before the war was Ryanair. The Irish low-cost carrier flies hundreds of thousands of Israelis every month, but is now releasing a new date to cancel its flights to and from Israel - the airline will not fly to Israel until at least January 8 next year.
The low-cost giant has cancelled all flights for the next month and a half, Photo: Coco
Ryanair is not alone – American airline Delta Air Lines also announced an even more dramatic cancellation. Delta cancelled all its flights to and from Israel until February 5 next year. All of the airline's flights will be canceled for the next nearly three months, which could affect tens of thousands of passengers who have already purchased tickets.
The airline giant Emirates has not yet released a new official date and currently the date for the cancellation of all its flights is November 30, but passengers sent screenshots to Israel today with cancellation notices for flights scheduled to take place at the end of February next year. It is still unclear what the reason is, and they are only talking about reducing activity in Israel, but here, too, it is a decision that affects many travelers.
Almost all foreign airlines have cancelled flights to Israel, Photo: Gettyimages
Air France-KLM announced the cancellation of all flights to and from Israel until December 18, Virgin Atlantic until December 7 and Italian airline ITA until January 7 next year. Many foreign airlines continue to extend the validity of flight cancellations to Israel, resulting in a very limited supply of flights from Israel and to Israel.
The numbers at Ben Gurion Airport continue to be low, with about 16,7 passengers passing through and passing through there today, of whom only about 500,10 will take off from Israel. It is currently unclear when the foreign airlines will return to Israel and to what extent. What is not contributing to the return of the airlines are the high insurance costs, which range around $000,<> for a two-hour wait at Ben Gurion Airport – a sum that makes many flights unprofitable to operate, even if the foreign airline wants to resume operations in Israel.
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