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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)

Author Topic: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread  (Read 251101 times)

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #480 on: November 12, 2023, 12:43:56 AM »
Air France cancelled Cdg to Tlv leg of my flight will they rebook on elal or offer anything I didn’t even get a cancellation email but assuming the Jfk to Cdg leg is still active

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #481 on: November 12, 2023, 12:53:07 AM »
DP: My brother (and family) had their return flights to TLV with UA cancelled. He called the UA office in Belgium at 02-2-0088-68 and they rebooked all of them on LY.
when was this?
my sister trying to get back now, her flight is with ua and they don't want to rebook her on ly. (didn't try belgium yet)

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #482 on: November 12, 2023, 09:34:33 AM »
when was this?
my sister trying to get back now, her flight is with ua and they don't want to rebook her on ly. (didn't try belgium yet)
Last week. Definitely worth trying HUCAs

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #483 on: November 12, 2023, 06:55:41 PM »
Any recent DPs on AA rebooking on LY? Planning a trip for later this month on BA/AA TLV-MIA, and want a backup in case of (almost certain) cancellation.
They refused to do it for me and ticket was booked when they were still flying TLV route.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #484 on: November 12, 2023, 08:29:35 PM »
They refused to do it for me and ticket was booked when they were still flying TLV route.
Thanks.
Another DP: Swiss rebooked my sister from EWR on UA/LY via FCO.


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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #487 on: November 13, 2023, 08:13:48 AM »
Interesting rumor but they are not selling before the 26th

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #488 on: November 13, 2023, 08:35:58 AM »
"Hi Dan,

Our Tel Aviv flights will remain suspended until conditions allow them to resume.

 

Best,

United Media Relations"
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #489 on: November 13, 2023, 09:02:20 AM »
"Hi Dan,

Our Tel Aviv flights will remain suspended until conditions allow them to resume.

 

Best,

United Media Relations"
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/united-airlines-resume-flights-israel-nov-24-2023-11-13/

@Dan I guess they spoke with someone else  :)

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #490 on: November 13, 2023, 09:08:21 AM »
Quote from: ExGingi
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #491 on: November 13, 2023, 09:15:07 AM »
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/united-airlines-resume-flights-israel-nov-24-2023-11-13/

@Dan I guess they spoke with someone else  :)
Ha. Looks like the US and Israel media teams don't communicate well. Not surprising.
24th does seem odd given that flights aren't for sale until the 25th though. I'll reach out again.
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #492 on: November 13, 2023, 10:00:45 AM »
Ha. Looks like the US and Israel media teams don't communicate well. Not surprising.
24th does seem odd given that flights aren't for sale until the 25th though. I'll reach out again.
The link has been updated  :'(


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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #495 on: November 13, 2023, 10:19:50 AM »
I'm happy you didn't go with it  :D
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« Reply #496 on: November 13, 2023, 11:01:17 AM »
I'm happy you didn't go with it  :D
I'm just happy UA sent me a real statement calling it false. Never seen something that direct from them.
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #498 on: November 15, 2023, 09:46:29 AM »
Mir Yarchei Kallah starts in JLM on Sunday.
220+ confirmed coming.
Tons more want to come but are pashut waitlisted for a seat on flights...
Me thinks that there are some people who are acustomed to flying up front who are a getting an experience in the back just to be there...

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #499 on: November 15, 2023, 10:43:43 AM »
Is UA paying Israeli compensation?

They could have cancelled flights 14 days in advance, but it was their decision to not do that.