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Here is a site with updated list of airlines flying or not flying:
https://www.passportcard.co.il/article/airlines-at-war/
in Hebrew

If it says, for example:
לא (כל הטיסות מבוטלות עד ל05.09)

It means as of now they are not flying until Dec. 5, not including, meaning they are set to restart on Dec 5.

Many airlines keep on pushing off the restart date.

Airlines flying and cities currently served to TLV - as of 11/11/24 (from the passportcard site, ones verified by the DDMS are in Blue)

ELAL - Network includes (not checked for active service): Europe: Vienna Brussels Sofia Zagreb Larnaca Paphos Prague Lyon Marseille Nice Paris Batumi Tbilisi Berlin Frankfurt Munich Athens Kefalonia Patras-Peloponnese Rhodes Santorini Sitia (Crete) Thessaloniki Budapest Dublin Milan Naples Rome Venice Chisinau Podgorica Tivat Amsterdam Krakow Warsaw Lisbon Porto Bucharest Moscow Belgrade Ljubljana Barcelona Madrid Geneva Zurich London
NA:  Toronto Boston Fort Lauderdale, Miami Area Los Angeles Miami New York
Arkia
IsraAir - Network includes (not checked for active service): Tel Aviv Athens Barcelona Batumi Berlin Bucharest Budapest Chisinau Dubai Larnaca Lisbon London Paphos Prague Rome Rovaniemi Sofia Tbilisi Tivat Varna Verona Warsaw Zanzibar (havent checked what is current)
Air Haifa
- Larnaca

Air Seychelles
Azimuth Airlines
Blue Bird Airways - Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Larnaka, Prague, Sofia, Vienna
Cyprus Airways - Larnaka
Ethiopian Airlines - Adis Ababa   
Etihad Airways - Abu Dahbi
FlyDubai - Dubai

Georgian Airways - Tibilisi
Hainan Airlines   - Shenzhen
HiSKy - Bucharest, Chisinau

Red Wings - Sochi, Zhukovskiy, Moskow
Smartwings -Prague
Tarom - Bucharest
Tus Airways -  Larnaka, Barcelona , Sofia, Vienna
   
Uzbekistan Airways

List sorted by destination airport code (for those who prefer this format) - Last updated 11/13
Note that daily refers to flights but not necessarily airlines. List derived from Ben Gurion flight boards but is only from Ben Gurion. Still, flights usually run both ways (anyone want to write this in, fine, but I'm done). Feel free to correct or add to the list, especially when an airline starts flying - but change the date the list was updated. North America in bold.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ADD) - Ethiopian (Daily)
Sochi, Russia (AER) - Red Wings, Azimuth (Daily)
Amsterdam (AMS) - El Al (Daily)
Athens (ATH) - Arkia, El Al, Blue Bird, Israir (Daily - as many as ten flights a day)
Abu Dhabi (AUH) - Etihad (Daily)
Barcelona (BCN) - El Al, Blue Bird (Daily except Saturday) (Israir?)
Belgrade, Serbia (BEG) - El Al (Sun D'Or) (Mon, Wed, Fri)
Berlin (BER) - Blue Bird, El Al, Israir (Daily except Saturday)
Bangkhok (BKK) - El Al (daily except Friday)
Boston (BOS) - El Al (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday until March - from April: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday)
Budapest (BUD) - El Al, Arkia, Blue Bird, Israir (Daily except Saturday)
Batumi, Georgia (BUS) - Arkia, Israir, El Al (Daily)
Paris (CDG, see below for ORY) - Arkia, El Al (Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs)
Moscow (DME) - Red Wings, El Al (Most days)
Dubai (DXB) - Israir, Flydubai, Arkia, El Al (Daily, often more than 10x)
Newark (EWR) - El Al (Sun-Fri)
Rome (FCO) - El Al, Arkia, Israir (Sun-Fri)
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - El Al (no November flights for sale, selling Mon and Fri in December)
Frankfurt (FRA) - El Al (Mostly sold out but you might get lucky)
Phuket, Thailand (HKT) - El Al (Mon, Tues, Thurs)
JFK - El Al (Sun-Fri)
Chisinau, Moldova (KIV/RMO) - HiSky, FLYONE, El Al (Sun D'Or) (Daily except Fri)
Krakow (KRK) - El Al, Israir (currently Mon, Wed, Fri)
Los Angeles (LAX) - El Al (Sun-Fri)
Lanarca, Cyprus (LCA) - Tus, Arkia, Cyprus, Israir, Blue Bird, El Al (Sun D'Or)
Liege, Belgium (LGG) - Shows on flight board as El Al (chartered) and Challenge, but I don't see any for sale on GF
London (LHR, see below for LTN) - El Al (Sun-Fri)
Lisbon (LIS) - El Al, limited dates
Ljubljana, Slovenia (LJU) - Shows on flight boars as Israir, but no flights for sale on GF
London (LTN, see above for LHR) - El Al, Israir (Daily)
Madrid (MAD) - El Al, limited dates (?)
Manchester (MAN) - Arkia (Monday, Thursday, at least for now)
Miami (MIA) - El Al (Sun, Tues, Wed, Thurs)
Munich (MUC) - El Al (limited flights)
Milan (MXP) - Arkia, El Al (Sun, Tues, Thurs)
Tokyo (NRT) - El Al (currently Motzei Shabbos, Monday and Wed - next month no Mon)
Paris (ORY) - Transavia (listed on flight boards, but for sale only in December)
Bucharest (OTP) - El Al, Israir, Tarom, Bees, HiSky (Most days)
Paphos (PFO) - El Al (Sun D'Or), Israir (Random days)
Prague (PRG) - Arkia, Smartwings, Blue Bird, El Al, Israir (Daily)
Suceava, Romania - Bees (Sporadic schedule)
Thessaloniki (SKG) - El Al (Sun D'Or) (Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs)
Sofia, Bulgaria (SOF) - El Al, Arkia, Tus, Blue Bird, Israir (Many days)
Shenzen, China (SZX) - Hainan (sporadic)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (TAS) - Uzbekistan (Mon-Thurs)
Tbilisi, Georgia (TBS) - Arkia, Israir, El Al (Sun D'Or), Georgian (Daily)
Podgorica, Montenegro (TGD) - El AL (Sun D'Or) (Thursday, Sunday)
Vienna (VIE) - Tus, Arkia, Blue Bird (currently Mon, Wed, Fri)
Warsaw (WAW) - El Al, Israir, Arkia (Sun-Fri)
Zhukovsky, Russia - Red Wings (Sun, Tues, Thurs)
Zhurich - El Al (Sporadic availability)

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #100 on: October 10, 2023, 12:59:16 PM »
Great nephew was rebooked by IcelandAir onto VS leaving today from JFK connecting in LHR to TLV, so it seems like VS is operating to TLV.

VS canceled tonight's flight to TLV
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #101 on: October 10, 2023, 01:00:43 PM »
(Bloomberg) --Turkish Airlines spokesman Yahya Ustun says flights to Israel have been halted until further notice.


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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #103 on: October 10, 2023, 02:04:38 PM »
Smart wings cancelled through Friday
« Last Edit: October 10, 2023, 02:19:57 PM by SHL »

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #105 on: October 10, 2023, 02:14:18 PM »
If you want to get technical
When you use Delta's flight status tracker is only shows cancelled through the 17th while the change policy shows through the 31st
Not sure if they are trying to prevent travelers between the 18-31 from asking for a refund

Additionally they seem to not be selling the route even for months to come
Is this a delta.com thing is it zeroed/removed for gds partners too?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #106 on: October 10, 2023, 02:20:06 PM »
UA canceled till oct 22?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #107 on: October 10, 2023, 02:23:38 PM »
(Bloomberg) --Turkish Airlines spokesman Yahya Ustun says flights to Israel have been halted until further notice.
they are overloaded just heard from travel agent also

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #108 on: October 10, 2023, 02:26:43 PM »
they are overloaded just heard from travel agent also
Good luck dealing with their customer service.........

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #109 on: October 10, 2023, 02:27:52 PM »
Anyone think its crazy to fly to japan to get out of israel?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #110 on: October 10, 2023, 02:49:28 PM »
Anyone think its crazy to fly to japan to get out of israel?
I guess It depends where you're trying to go...

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #111 on: October 10, 2023, 02:54:21 PM »
Trying to help a friend out of TLV
Can anyone help me get him on the EK DBX-JFK in y for tomorrow morning?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #112 on: October 10, 2023, 03:02:38 PM »
Trying to help a friend out of TLV
Can anyone help me get him on the EK DBX-JFK in y for tomorrow morning?
Not willing to fly to other EK destinations?
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #113 on: October 10, 2023, 03:06:58 PM »
He’s already going on the first leg. He’s either boarded or close to it.  He’s only asking me from there on.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #114 on: October 10, 2023, 03:19:35 PM »
Trying to help a friend out of TLV
Can anyone help me get him on the EK DBX-JFK in y for tomorrow morning?
Never mind. Flight to dxb is canceled.
Any idea how he can get out of tlv with his wife and baby

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #115 on: October 10, 2023, 03:26:06 PM »
Never mind. Flight to dxb is canceled.
Any idea how he can get out of tlv with his wife and baby

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #117 on: October 10, 2023, 03:42:00 PM »
I booked for Thursday morning TLV-VRN with Neos.

Any chance this flight will take-off? It's still available...

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #118 on: October 10, 2023, 03:50:23 PM »
I have a few siblings scheduled to come back to Israel from Newark, booked on LX & LH. What’s the best strategy?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #119 on: October 10, 2023, 04:27:30 PM »
I booked for Thursday morning TLV-VRN with Neos.

Any chance this flight will take-off? It's still available...

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