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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 (12/15: added Aegean and Azerbaijan)
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, Aegean (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)
Baku, Azerbaijan (GYD) - Azerbaijan Airlines (daily)
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), AirHaifa, Aegean
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, last flight Monday Jan 6 25)
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 #1080 on: May 06, 2024, 02:18:17 PM »
Any data points on partner award booking if Delta does not restart flying what options are offered.
I tried but wasn't successful

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1081 on: May 07, 2024, 10:14:23 AM »
Looking for 6/9-6/23 family trip is elal still my best shot united is much much cheaper

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1082 on: May 07, 2024, 11:07:09 AM »
So it looks like United is restarting in 4 days? It doesn't look like the May 11 flight was cancelled

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1083 on: May 07, 2024, 12:00:49 PM »
So it looks like United is restarting in 4 days? It doesn't look like the May 11 flight was cancelled
actually starting to fly friday 10 may

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1084 on: May 07, 2024, 12:21:54 PM »
has anyone been successful in getting united to reimburse replacement flights to Israel booked on other airlines? or any additional compensation . I'm still awaiting my refund for the actual cancelled flights.. they said 7 to 10 days?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1085 on: May 07, 2024, 01:11:32 PM »
actually starting to fly friday 10 may

Reasonable to think they won't stop flying again?
i wish i knew what i was doing...

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1086 on: May 07, 2024, 02:24:27 PM »
Reasonable to think they won't stop flying again?
Yes you Never know with united

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1087 on: May 07, 2024, 02:48:19 PM »
Yes you Never know with united

I guess my question is, if you are looking to book a flight for late June, would you fly with a European carrier and take the stopover, or would you take a chance with United?
i wish i knew what i was doing...

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1088 on: May 07, 2024, 06:13:35 PM »
actually starting to fly friday 10 may

So that didn't age well….
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1090 on: May 07, 2024, 06:26:42 PM »
https://www.dansdeals.com/more/news/airline-news/israel-flight-change-policies-next-bookable-flights-major-airlines/
@Dan the message going around today said this
"Ly tickets from NYC to TLV issued by the 6th of May, departing between May 19-23 can be changed  to vouchers (just like before May 4th)  but *only until this Friday, May 9th!*

An official announcement *won't* be made. The link still says until May 4th, but this will still work!

The goal of this is, of course, to encourage those who bought tickets for Lag B'omer and don't plan on going due to the current situation to free up their places."

Do you have any idea if it's only cancelable until the end of this week or not, you didn't write anything about it

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1091 on: May 07, 2024, 09:29:29 PM »
Does anyone know if United is rebooking flights that are cancelled? Flight not cancelled yet but I'm sure it will.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1092 on: May 08, 2024, 01:54:17 PM »
I booked an Emirates flight from ATH-EWR,

now I have the option of booking Aegean from TLV-ATH with a connection time of 1:25, will they 100% interline luggage in TLV on two separate tickets if they're partners?

otherwise I'll have to book Israir with a four hour stop to retrieve & recheck luggage
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1093 on: May 08, 2024, 03:24:03 PM »
I booked an Emirates flight from ATH-EWR,

now I have the option of booking Aegean from TLV-ATH with a connection time of 1:25, will they 100% interline luggage in TLV on two separate tickets if they're partners?

otherwise I'll have to book Israir with a four hour stop to retrieve & recheck luggage
They should.
I had it done in the airport.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1094 on: May 08, 2024, 03:32:53 PM »
Looking to do a trip to TLV in Business with a stop in ZRH or MXP for a few days.
I dont want to recheck my luggage.
What's my best option?
Can I book a flight with DL and LY (AS miles) and have them connected?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1095 on: May 08, 2024, 04:45:09 PM »
Plan it Rite arranging a charter flight JFK-TLV for this Monday 5/13. Price is $1369

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1096 on: May 08, 2024, 04:59:56 PM »
Did anyone get a cancellation yet for United TLV -EWR on May 30

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« Reply #1097 on: May 08, 2024, 05:02:57 PM »
Did anyone get a cancellation yet for United TLV -EWR on May 30
See DDMS
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« Reply #1098 on: May 08, 2024, 05:07:37 PM »
See DDMS
I saw that just waiting for the cancelation to go through

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1099 on: May 08, 2024, 05:11:49 PM »
I saw that just waiting for the cancelation to go through
Going to take a couple days.
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