After many months in which most foreign airlines did not operate direct flights to Israel, today three very significant airlines will return, and that's not all. Lufthansa, Austrian and Swiss will return to Israel today and operate direct flights to Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna and Zurich. In total, this is 20 flights a week at this stage, and it is estimated that flights by these airlines will be added in the future.
At the same time, Fly Dubai added a third daily flight to Dubai starting today, and also announced that from January 20, it will increase to four flights a day on the Tel Aviv-Dubai route. This is one of the most sought-after destinations during this period, in addition to the fact that some Israelis continue from Dubai to continuation destinations via connection flights.
Lufthansa returns to Israel with Austrian and Swiss, Photo: Reuters
Last week, the Romanian company Tarom returned to Israel, and this Thursday the Greek airline Aegean will return to operate flights to Athens, and thus the number of foreign airlines operating flights to and from Israel increases significantly.
Which companies are expected to return soon?
United plans to return as early as February 1, when they put flights on the schedule and at this stage the direction is positive, although changes may be possible in the future. Air Seychelles is expected to resume its flights to Israel at the beginning of February, and the Polish airline LOT is not extending the validity of flight cancellations, which currently stands at January 27, which they did in the past in a period of about a month before and even more. Other companies are examining the return to Israel, and there are several large companies that are expected to announce their return to Israel in the coming weeks, if there are no changes.
The Greek company will return this Thursday, Photo: Coco
Those who still don't come back
Delta and American Airlines announced that they would not return until the end of March, along with Korean airline Korean Air, Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific and other airlines that still show no signs of returning to Israel. At the same time, the low-cost companies have not yet announced an expected return to Israel, and at this stage there is no clear assessment regarding their return.
All foreign airlines operating direct flights to Israel or expected to return in the coming days are: Etihad, Fly Dubai, Red Wing, High Sky, Azimut, Uzbekistan Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Tarom, Lufthansa, Suisse, Austrian and Aegean. Of course, El Al, Arkia and Israir also operate direct flights from Israel to dozens of destinations around the world since the beginning of the war period.
Wrong? We'll fix it! If you find a mistake in the article, please share with us