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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 #2220 on: January 04, 2025, 10:14:27 PM »
Any DP overall on different airlines sending bags all the way through? Looking at an ATH or FCO stopover with Norse and another airline to tlv
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2221 on: January 05, 2025, 02:01:18 AM »
Any DP overall on different airlines sending bags all the way through? Looking at an ATH or FCO stopover with Norse and another airline to tlv
Norse won’t check through, or any other LCCs.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2222 on: January 05, 2025, 03:04:20 AM »
$400 direct flights round trip MXP-JFK-MXP including April 2nd to April 16th (Chol Hamoed), if anyone in EY wants to visit for first days - TLV-MXP connections are still cheap. Cheap and available for most of the winter on some days of the week (use link and play around with dates).
https://www.google.com/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhomEgoyMDI1LTA0LTAyKABqBwgBEgNNWFByDQgDEgkvbS8wMl8yODYaJhIKMjAyNS0wNC0xNigAag0IAxIJL20vMDJfMjg2cgcIARIDTVhQQAFIAXABggELCP___________wGYAQE&curr=USD
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2224 on: January 09, 2025, 11:46:35 PM »
Is wizz air currently flying to israel?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2225 on: January 10, 2025, 01:52:34 PM »
Anyone familiar with Israir in ATH? On a connection without checked bags, do we still need to go all the way out and check back in?
If yes, how long does that take?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2226 on: January 11, 2025, 12:18:42 PM »
Is wizz air currently flying to israel?
Yes
For Now only to LCA
And on the 15th and 16th resuming to
Athens, Bucharest, Budapest, Krakow, London/LTN, Milan, Rome, Sofia, Varna, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2227 on: January 13, 2025, 03:57:16 PM »
From Tonight’s Chat with an American Airlines Representative

“Hi. I’m looking to book one way in business class on December 11 from TLV to AUH with miles.”

“Thank you for holding.
American has suspended service to/from TLV through October 1, 2025. No revenue or award tickets can be booked/priced/ticketed on AA or Partners. The date is subject to change.”

“Can you please check availability with Etihad Airways?”

“I am truly sorry. However, we do not have any tickets available for the date you requested with our partner airlines.”

“Did you check with Etihad?”

“Yes, however, I am getting the same message: ‘American has suspended service to/from TLV through October 1, 2025. No revenue or award tickets can be booked/priced/ticketed on AA or Partners. The date is subject to change.’”

“I simply don’t understand. Is American Airlines boycotting the State of Israel?”

“Oh no. We simply do not have available flights from TLV until October 1, 2025. Once again, I am truly sorry about this. Is there anything else I can take a look into for you at this time?”

“Can I please speak with a supervisor?”

“You are currently speaking to the supervisor on duty. We apologize that we do not have a higher escalation desk.”

“Etihad Airways flies to Israel. I can currently see availability for their flights from Israel through all their partners, such as Air France and JetBlue. Why doesn’t American Airlines offer the same? I respect AA decision not to fly to Israel due to the current situation. However, I don’t understand why you are blocking me from booking through your partner who does operate flights to Israel.”

“Air France has also canceled their flights to Israel, but they still allow booking award tickets on Etihad Airways flights through their program. Why is this not possible with American Airlines?”

“Please allow me 3–5 minutes.”

“Thank you for holding. According to our travel notice alert, we do not have any available flights both with American Airlines or through our partner airlines because of the Israel security incident as stated.

I am truly sorry we do not have any American Airlines or partner airline flights to offer you due to the travel alert.

Is there anything else I can take a look into for you at this time?



AA confirmed this to me. Insane.

Anyone have any theories why they are doing this?
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2228 on: January 13, 2025, 04:10:34 PM »
AA confirmed this to me. Insane.

Anyone have any theories why they are doing this?
They're worried they'd be in the hook for the Israeli Aviation Law since the ticket is on their stock?
But it literally makes no sense.

I've been trying to rebook an AA J award ticket JFK-TLV with them for months, and they won't budge. They offer nothing, just cancel and redeposit the miles.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2229 on: January 13, 2025, 04:40:10 PM »
They're worried they'd be in the hook for the Israeli Aviation Law since the ticket is on their stock?
But it literally makes no sense.

I've been trying to rebook an AA J award ticket JFK-TLV with them for months, and they won't budge. They offer nothing, just cancel and redeposit the miles.

Someone there got frustrated dealing with constant rebookings?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2230 on: January 13, 2025, 04:40:39 PM »
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2231 on: January 14, 2025, 12:23:05 AM »
AA confirmed this to me. Insane.

Anyone have any theories why they are doing this?
At the time of this post EY was still available






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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2232 on: January 14, 2025, 12:53:09 PM »
El Al direct EWR-TLV in economy rt is 60k +$62 Delta Skymiles. Obviously there is no last minute availability but if your searching far out you should find. I have booked 5 separate itineraries at this rate in the past couple of months.
Check delta rt using miles you can find in the 70-80k range many dates of your a few months out. You may find direct as well. Tax in the $120 range
Are these still accurate? How do I find these rates. I am seeing 70k+ each way on Delta website for the next year etc. What am I doing wrong?

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« Reply #2233 on: January 14, 2025, 01:00:36 PM »
Are these still accurate? How do I find these rates. I am seeing 70k+ each way on Delta website for the next year etc. What am I doing wrong?

It can be 70k each way and also 70k rt. You can call them skypesos but this is a great deal, cancellation no charge.

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« Reply #2234 on: January 14, 2025, 01:06:33 PM »
Are these still accurate? How do I find these rates. I am seeing 70k+ each way on Delta website for the next year etc. What am I doing wrong?
https://www.dansdeals.com/airfare-deals/israel-flights/wow-hurry-el-al-opens-the-floodgates-on-business-class-saver-award-space-heres-how-to-book-it/
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2235 on: January 14, 2025, 01:13:00 PM »
https://www.dansdeals.com/airfare-deals/israel-flights/wow-hurry-el-al-opens-the-floodgates-on-business-class-saver-award-space-heres-how-to-book-it/
So to get 60k it has to be RT? Also I think my issue was looking from EWR. When I put in JFK and RT, I am seeing some 60k dates. Thanks

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2236 on: January 14, 2025, 01:15:15 PM »
So to get 60k it has to be RT? Also I think my issue was looking from EWR. When I put in JFK and RT, I am seeing some 60k dates. Thanks
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2237 on: January 14, 2025, 01:17:47 PM »
These all seem to have stopovers. Is there sometimes 60k round trip non stop?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2238 on: January 14, 2025, 01:19:27 PM »
These all seem to have stopovers. Is there sometimes 60k round trip non stop?
Yes. When Dan posted about the business seats, many people booked up the economy award seats. I looked a few days later and they were gone.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2239 on: January 15, 2025, 05:26:02 AM »
Looks like ITA is only resuming the afternoon flight from TLV on 2/1, at least till 2/10.