Israeli airways add flights as overseas carriers cancel

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Following yesterday’s direct hit at Ben Gurion Airport, there was a lot of flight cancellations by overseas airways, that are taking a cautious strategy and like to replace their flight schedules solely within the brief time period. Most of them have introduced cancellations till Might 6 or 7 at this stage, however it’s potential that the flight suspension will probably be prolonged relying on safety developments.

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Alongside European flag carriers and legacy airways resembling Lufthansa, Swiss and British Airways, low-cost airways, together with Wizz Air and Ryanair, have additionally briefly suspended their flights to Israel.

In response to the arrivals and departure board: Ryanair, Air Europa, Iberia Categorical, Delta, Air France, British Airways, Transavia, Lot, Aegean and Air India are amongst different airways which have canceled.

British Airways and ITA have additionally canceled tomorrow’s flights, whereas Wizz Air and United Airways have canceled flights by to Thursday, and Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airways, Brussels Airways and EuroWings) has canceled all flights till subsequent Sunday.

Because of the flight cancellations, Israeli airways have added flights from hubs, and a few have adopted a coverage of uniform costs. El Al introduced pricing for one-way flights at uniform costs: a flight from Larnaca to Tel Aviv will price as much as $99, and from Athens as much as $149. The El Al fares are legitimate for one-way solely and essentially the most fundamental possibility within the financial system class, for passengers needing a flight at a reduced worth and with out further providers. This ticket consists of one hand bag weighing as much as eight kilograms and a lightweight meal in the course of the flight. For passengers from Larnaca with a suitcase, the value will probably be $132 a technique, and for passengers from Athens with a suitcase, the value will probably be $181 a technique.

Israir and Arkia have added flights from locations resembling Larnaca, Athens and Budapest to supply an answer for passengers left stranded by canceled flights. Blue Fowl and TUS Airways have additionally elevated flights departing from Europe to Israel, together with from Barcelona, Prague and Paphos.

Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on Might 5, 2025.