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Link to form that needs to be filled out within 48 hours of flight to Israel

Accordingly, the FINAL criteria For entering Israel are as follows - you must meet ONE of these conditions in order to enter Israel:

1. Vaccinated within 180 days of the trip with either a second vaccine or a booster and it must be at least 14 days after the shot.

2. Recovered within 180 days of the trip with DIGITAL proof of a positive PCR result and more than 11 days have passed since the positive result. This type of proof only exists in the EU. The UK will likely have it as well.

3. Recovered anytime – even more than 180 days before the trip - with DIGITAL proof of positive PCR result AND vaccinated with at least one dose within 180 days of the trip. Again at the moment the digital proof only exists in the EU and possibly the UK shortly.

Your vaccination or recovery CANNOT expire while in Israel, which means you may not be in Israel more than 180 days after your vaccine or recovery have expired.

CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF ENTRY: VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE ABOVE CRITERIA CAN MEAN SANCTIONS INCLUDING BARRING YOUR ENTRY TO ISRAEL FOR 5 YEARS.

Link to pay for the Covid test that you'll take upon arrival in TLV

Author Topic: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread  (Read 664862 times)

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1900 on: March 09, 2021, 11:12:30 AM »
Can't get a flight out for a levaya tomorrow :(
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1901 on: March 09, 2021, 11:13:10 AM »
Can't get a flight out for a levaya tomorrow :(
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1902 on: March 09, 2021, 11:15:07 AM »
Elal has seats in premium and business LY319 TLV-CDG 07:30-11:30, AF6 CDG-JFK 14:20-17:00
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1903 on: March 09, 2021, 11:15:35 AM »
Can't get a flight out for a levaya tomorrow :(
Not sure what time it is, but, can go thru Jordan?
Always praying for delayed baggage.

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1904 on: March 09, 2021, 11:16:57 AM »
LH has 1 seat left TLV-FRA at 05:30, can connect to UA to arrive EWR at 13:05 but won't be cheap. They may have a bereavement fare.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1905 on: March 09, 2021, 11:22:38 AM »
Arkia IZ911 TLV-LHR 09:05-12:30 has 2 seats for $630.

BA LHR-JFK 16:20-19:50 is 13k + $236 Econ / 50k + $885 biz
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1906 on: March 09, 2021, 11:24:18 AM »
Arkia and Israir are both flying (along with VS & LY). I believe those BA fights are cargo-only.

Here's a reliable list of approved flights
https://secretflights.co.il/news/march2021/


Could be. The only Arkia flight from the last week was canceled.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1907 on: March 09, 2021, 11:28:38 AM »
Can't get a flight out for a levaya tomorrow :(

BDE.

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1908 on: March 09, 2021, 11:30:03 AM »
Can't get a flight out for a levaya tomorrow :(
Oy, BDE :(
How many seats? What time is the levaya?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1909 on: March 09, 2021, 11:31:19 AM »
https://flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=LLBG&destination=EGLL

Looks like I confused Arkia and Israir.

BA Yesterday
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW164/history/20210308/1450Z/LLBG/EGLL

BA currently in the air
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW164/history/20210309/1450Z/LLBG/EGLL

Flightview.com is showing BA on 3/22 and 3/23, and VS on 3/23 but their respective websites and OTAs aren't showing anything (maybe they are just fully booked).
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1910 on: March 09, 2021, 11:32:04 AM »
Go to the airport and ask Elal to bump somebody + call Amudim.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1911 on: March 09, 2021, 11:32:57 AM »
Flightview.com is showing BA on 3/22 and 3/23, and VS on 3/23 but their respective websites and OTAs aren't showing anything (maybe they are just fully booked).
Anything on March 22 is 100% speculation. That being said, somebody who is flying now is much more likely to fly than BA.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1912 on: March 09, 2021, 11:33:43 AM »
BDE.

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1913 on: March 09, 2021, 11:35:33 AM »
Anything on March 22 is 100% speculation. That being said, somebody who is flying now is much more likely to fly than BA.

Looks like BA is flying. IINM BA164 took off recently.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1914 on: March 09, 2021, 11:35:56 AM »
Looks like BA is flying. IINM BA164 took off recently.
Cargo.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1915 on: March 09, 2021, 11:53:22 AM »
Cargo.

Interesting. They don't change the flight numbers like UA does when it's a cargo flight?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1916 on: March 09, 2021, 11:57:14 AM »
thank you, I'm on it.

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1917 on: March 09, 2021, 11:58:49 AM »
Have 2 options held for tomorrow,
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1918 on: March 09, 2021, 11:59:47 AM »
Flightview.com is showing BA on 3/22 and 3/23, and VS on 3/23 but their respective websites and OTAs aren't showing anything (maybe they are just fully booked).
Anything on March 22 is 100% speculation. That being said, somebody who is flying now is much more likely to fly than BA.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1919 on: March 09, 2021, 12:00:59 PM »
Interesting. They don't change the flight numbers like UA does when it's a cargo flight?
No. It's been carrying cargo consistently throughout the past month
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