Ryanair has announced that it is canceling all flights to and from Israel until October 27 following the strike. Last month, Ireland’s low-cost airline said it would resume flights at the end of September.
The latest announcement comes at a time when many airlines are renewing flights to Israel following threats of retaliation from Iran and Hezbollah last month. Today, Lufthansa Group, the largest aviation group consisting of Lufthansa Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Swiss and Eurowings, resumed flights to and from Israel after more than a month of suspension. The group operates multiple flights to six destinations in Western Europe: Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Brussels and Zurich. Italian airline ITA has also resumed flights between Tel Aviv and Rome today with one daily flight.
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Other foreign airlines that have resumed flights to Israel include Ethiopian Airlines, Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air, Aegean, Air Europe, Iberia and Tarom. Poland’s LOT airline resumed flights to Israel on Tuesday.
Some foreign airlines have stepped into the vacuum created by the absence of Ryanair and easyJet, adding new routes. Air Baltic is resuming its four weekly Israeli flights to Riga on September 8, with a new route between Tel Aviv and Vilnius starting at the end of March 2025.
In addition, Blue Bird Airways will launch the Tel Aviv – Berlin route with three flights per week at the end of October. Blue Bird currently operates flights from Tel Aviv to 14 destinations in the Mediterranean and Europe.
According to the Israel Airports Authority, there was some recovery in terms of tourist traffic to Israel today, with 64,500 passengers arriving and departing on 380 flights at Ben Gurion Airport. In August, there were 50-60 thousand passengers on most days. The majority of these passengers are Israeli citizens, with 844,400 traveling abroad last month, compared to 1.3 million in August 2023. Only 69,000 tourists visited Israel last month, compared to 311,000 in August 2023.
Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – published on September 5, 2024.
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