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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 #1360 on: August 21, 2024, 05:17:05 PM »
I guess the only option is to call AF after Delta cancels.
They would try to rebook you with a stop. AF doesn't have access to Elal.
(Or call AF now if your flight already has a schedule change from when you booked it, they changed for night to afternoon)
the point is to get onto LY not AF
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1361 on: August 21, 2024, 05:26:58 PM »
Meh
You’re right: https://www.ita-airways.com/en_il/fly-ita/news-and-activities/news/Tel-aviv-flights.html
A few hours ago it said suspended till the 21st, now updated to 26th. I’m supposed to fly with them on the 27th on a DL ticket.
Hope I’ll get rebooked on LY.
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1362 on: August 21, 2024, 06:09:35 PM »
I have a Delta flight from JFK-TLV on Oct. 30 for my daughter and SIL, and am going to try and see if Delta will be proactive in switching to ELAL. I booked it with Chase using UR. Anyone know if that makes a difference or if theres anything that Chase can help me with in this regard? Thanks!
When I wrote that earlier I was in touch with Delta, and they said it would be 1795 a ticket to change since they had not officially cancelled, but as soon as they did it would be free. In the meantime as @Dan has confirmed with Delta they extended the waiver. When I went on now to see if I could change it, it gave me the option to switch to the Elal flight for free, but then froze at the last step. Turns out they insisted I need to call Chase about it. Got right through to the Chase Travel rep, and after a bunch of holds and her calling Delta etc. etc. an hour later, she was able to confirm me on the Elal flight for that same day, and as an extra bonus, the one leaving from EWR! BH.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1363 on: August 22, 2024, 01:48:28 AM »
Getting no where

Got it done BH x3, PM me for help
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1364 on: August 22, 2024, 04:16:04 AM »
You’re right: https://www.ita-airways.com/en_il/fly-ita/news-and-activities/news/Tel-aviv-flights.html
A few hours ago it said suspended till the 21st, now updated to 26th. I’m supposed to fly with them on the 27th on a DL ticket.
Hope I’ll get rebooked on LY.

Update: the DL Israeli CS rep rebooked me on LY direct to JFK, no negotiation required. Not sure why they didn’t just book LY to FCO and keep my original connection, but I’m definitely not complaining  ;)

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1365 on: August 22, 2024, 05:48:13 AM »
Has anyone been able to successfully select meals on a rebooked Delta El Al ticket? The option is grayed out on El Al's site and neither airline wants to help

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1366 on: August 22, 2024, 07:09:44 AM »
Has anyone been able to successfully select meals on a rebooked Delta El Al ticket? The option is grayed out on El Al's site and neither airline wants to help
Same problem here. Waiting for their WA rep to respond.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1367 on: August 22, 2024, 10:51:25 AM »
Same problem here. Waiting for their WA rep to respond.

+1
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1368 on: August 22, 2024, 11:28:09 AM »
Has anyone been able to successfully select meals on a rebooked Delta El Al ticket? The option is grayed out on El Al's site and neither airline wants to help

I was able to select a meal on El Al site with a rebooked Delta ticket.


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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1369 on: August 22, 2024, 11:31:22 AM »
Same problem here. Waiting for their WA rep to respond.
+3, 2 Diff WA rep says they cant do anything
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1370 on: August 22, 2024, 11:52:35 AM »
Has anyone been able to successfully select meals on a rebooked Delta El Al ticket? The option is grayed out on El Al's site and neither airline wants to help
Do you have all of your personal info filled out?
Try using the app?
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1371 on: August 22, 2024, 12:08:42 PM »
Do you have all of your personal info filled out?
Try using the app?
Info filled out. Tried both site and app. Both of them display "Choosing a special meal is not possible on this flight" and the "View Options" button is grayed out

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1372 on: August 22, 2024, 12:10:29 PM »
Info filled out. Tried both site and app. Both of them display "Choosing a special meal is not possible on this flight" and the "View Options" button is grayed out

Same here.
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1374 on: August 22, 2024, 12:18:17 PM »
Someone has to call say that they are allergic to something and find out how they update it, (than BTW, you can ask them to update the other passengers to kcml)
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1376 on: August 22, 2024, 12:49:59 PM »
+3

I just called LY and they said their system doesn't let them select a meal. (Interesting, did they run out or something? :D)
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« Reply #1377 on: August 22, 2024, 01:02:41 PM »
I just called LY and they said their system doesn't let them select a meal. (Interesting, did they run out or something? :D)
Seems like an IT issue with tickets booked on partners.
@Dan, any LY insiders who can resolve this?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #1378 on: August 22, 2024, 03:08:58 PM »
I just called LY and they said their system doesn't let them select a meal. (Interesting, did they run out or something? :D)
Flight is booked as LY or DL* marketed?

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« Reply #1379 on: August 22, 2024, 03:11:07 PM »
PM me some PNRs/names and requests and I can pass it on and ask what's up.
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