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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 #2240 on: January 15, 2025, 07:55:34 AM »
I'm waiting for end of August to open up again exUSA. Apparently I missed it by a couple of days.
What happens if you book a RT with Delta for 60k, with one way being with a stop. If the non-stop flight opens up, can you change it for the same 60k RT, or will they charge the OW price? On the same note, what happens if you cancel that leg, will they refund 30k, or less?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2241 on: January 15, 2025, 08:34:23 AM »
What happens if you book a RT with Delta for 60k, with one way being with a stop. If the non-stop flight opens up, can you change it for the same 60k RT, or will they charge the OW price? On the same note, what happens if you cancel that leg, will they refund 30k, or less?
If direct opens up, you can change it for the same price. they'll even refund you the taxes

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2242 on: January 15, 2025, 09:05:34 AM »
I have Air France booked for mid February JFK-CDG-TLV.

Noticed now that they offer JFK-CDG on AF and the CDG-TLV leg on ElAl.

If they postpone their return again and cancel my ticket, is there a chance they will book me on ElAl for the 2nd leg?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2243 on: January 15, 2025, 09:24:40 AM »
I have Air France booked for mid February JFK-CDG-TLV.

Noticed now that they offer JFK-CDG on AF and the CDG-TLV leg on ElAl.

If they postpone their return again and cancel my ticket, is there a chance they will book me on ElAl for the 2nd leg?

yes if elal have availability still

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2244 on: January 15, 2025, 10:56:27 AM »
If direct opens up, you can change it for the same price. they'll even refund you the taxes
Thanks! And if I want to cancel that first leg (suppose United starts flying or something and has availability)?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2245 on: January 15, 2025, 11:54:58 AM »
Looks like ITA is only resuming the afternoon flight from TLV on 2/1, at least till 2/10.
AM flight now pushed to 2/17. Have multiple trips messed up.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2247 on: January 16, 2025, 03:21:39 PM »
AM flight now pushed to 2/17. Have multiple trips messed up.
what are you actually doing? Any way to refund just the return segment? When I asked they said they have to REPRICE the 1 way !!Any type of reprotecting? They did give me options to change to Athens, when I told the rep that called me this morning that most airlines are more forthcoming in options she slammed the phone on me!!

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2248 on: January 16, 2025, 04:24:41 PM »
what are you actually doing? Any way to refund just the return segment? When I asked they said they have to REPRICE the 1 way !!Any type of reprotecting? They did give me options to change to Athens, when I told the rep that called me this morning that most airlines are more forthcoming in options she slammed the phone on me!!
Ouch.
So one of my trips was ticketed by United, so I get them to rebook me on Aegean and Emirates via Athens. Another group was booked with Virgin points so they will hopefully rebook on ElAl & Air France/KLM/Delta. My biggest problem is the one booked on ITA through Expedia.
Some dates have very cheap flights from TLV to FCO on Arkia/Israir. Maybe ITA can jut drop that leg and book that on your own.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2249 on: January 16, 2025, 05:23:47 PM »
Ouch.
So one of my trips was ticketed by United, so I get them to rebook me on Aegean and Emirates via Athens. Another group was booked with Virgin points so they will hopefully rebook on ElAl & Air France/KLM/Delta. My biggest problem is the one booked on ITA through Expedia.
Some dates have very cheap flights from TLV to FCO on Arkia/Israir. Maybe ITA can jut drop that leg and book that on your own.
on Oct 9 23 I did that and they ended repricing the fco jfk cost another 700 something, absolutely not forthcoming in situations, on my current reservations the fco tlv is on ly and ita stock but they won't do it for inbound! Please lmk what you come up with for your ita stock ty

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2250 on: January 16, 2025, 05:52:05 PM »
on Oct 9 23 I did that and they ended repricing the fco jfk cost another 700 something, absolutely not forthcoming in situations, on my current reservations the fco tlv is on ly and ita stock but they won't do it for inbound! Please lmk what you come up with for your ita stock ty
Mine is also ITA/LY on the inbound. I think they only offered this combination for sale when they weren’t flying themselves.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2251 on: January 16, 2025, 05:53:44 PM »
Mine is also ITA/LY on the inbound. I think they only offered this combination for sale when they weren’t flying themselves.
to change flights with overnight called flying themselves?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2252 on: January 17, 2025, 03:27:29 AM »
to change flights with overnight called flying themselves?
I mean weren’t selling tickets themselves. Once they cancelled it’s a different story.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2253 on: January 17, 2025, 07:30:48 AM »
easyJet resuming June 1

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2254 on: January 19, 2025, 12:29:14 PM »
Where did ITA confirm they'll return Feb 1st? don't see it anywhere (except DDMS)

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2255 on: January 20, 2025, 12:47:28 AM »
BA returning April 5th according to Israeli media.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-838302

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2256 on: January 21, 2025, 08:59:12 AM »
Air France resuming Jan 25

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2257 on: January 21, 2025, 10:06:47 AM »
Air France resuming Jan 25
From AF website: Progressive resumption of flights from/to Tel Aviv.
Air France plans to resume services between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv, as from January 25th, 2025, with 5 flights a weekly initially. This resumption and the continuation of operations will remain subject to regular assessment of the situation locally.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2258 on: January 21, 2025, 08:42:37 PM »
6H TLV ATH
EK ATH EWR
Flights booked separately

I am considering booking TLV-ATH with 6H online and then ATH-EWR with EK using points.
Does anyone here have DP's on 6H's willingness to check bags all the way through to final destination when connecting to EK for this route when booked separately? 

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #2259 on: January 21, 2025, 10:47:47 PM »
6H TLV ATH
EK ATH EWR
Flights booked separately

I am considering booking TLV-ATH with 6H online and then ATH-EWR with EK using points.
Does anyone here have DP's on 6H's willingness to check bags all the way through to final destination when connecting to EK for this route when booked separately? 

TIA
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