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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
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 (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)
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)
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, at least for now)
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 #60 on: October 10, 2023, 12:49:11 AM »
Been playing the same game with 5 pax on the same booking.
Managed to hold DXB. Briefly had ATH but by the time I entered the pax details it was sold out.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #61 on: October 10, 2023, 12:57:15 AM »
Yah , I spent hours upon hours last night and today just to help 2 family members....
Would love an LY to LAX ticket :(

Praying that the flights I got for them aren't cancelled now ...

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #62 on: October 10, 2023, 01:08:38 AM »
TK pulled most flights for today and tomorrow.

Stranded with 9 pax

P.S. anyone (including TAs) that can help find something with greatly appreciate pls PM

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #63 on: October 10, 2023, 01:09:23 AM »
TK pulled most flights for today and tomorrow.

Stranded with 9 pax

P.S. anyone (including TAs) that can help find something with greatly appreciate pls PM
Can they split up?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #64 on: October 10, 2023, 01:15:45 AM »
Can they split up?

We can create two groups with a parent in each

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #65 on: October 10, 2023, 01:42:54 AM »
We can create two groups with a parent in each
There is availability to dxb on Thursday with LY
Hold that and see what you find ex DXB / AUH. I've seen some cheap points redemptions to the East Coast

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #66 on: October 10, 2023, 03:43:25 AM »
Where did you see that TK has cancelled flights? I have a flight for 10/12, haven't seen anything yet

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #67 on: October 10, 2023, 05:10:55 AM »

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #68 on: October 10, 2023, 05:15:40 AM »
Where did you see that TK has cancelled flights? I have a flight for 10/12, haven't seen anything yet
Last I saw they were consolidating flights
Looks like that cancel 1 flight on a A320 but in reality the next flight which was a 330 was upgraded to a 777 which can accommodate the load (if people don't panic and boom new tickets)
They say 1 flight yesterday went out with 100+empty seats due to people buying new tickets and not cancelling reservations

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #69 on: October 10, 2023, 05:21:58 AM »
by holding flights do you mean just booking and figuring out later?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #70 on: October 10, 2023, 05:24:03 AM »
by holding flights do you mean just booking and figuring out later?
Yes. Flights through the 14th are cancellable for free - I think you get a voucher but it's not an issue for me

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #71 on: October 10, 2023, 05:24:30 AM »
Last I saw they were consolidating flights
Looks like that cancel 1 flight on a A320 but in reality the next flight which was a 330 was upgraded to a 777 which can accommodate the load (if people don't panic and boom new tickets)
They say 1 flight yesterday went out with 100+empty seats due to people buying new tickets and not cancelling reservations

My flight for tonight was canceled with rebooking options for next week Tuesday.

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #72 on: October 10, 2023, 07:23:11 AM »
Do we have an updated list of which airlines are flying out of TLV?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #73 on: October 10, 2023, 07:41:59 AM »
Is there anyone that can assist with getting air cargo from NY to Israel? Having a tough time getting space, if anyone can assist please DM asap.
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #74 on: October 10, 2023, 07:56:37 AM »
According to JPost, Delta is cancelled until the end of the month.
Maybe someone should make a wiki?
Their summary is as follows:

"Suspended"
United
American
Air France
TAP
Finnair
Wizz Air
EgyptAir

Delta - until the end of the month
Norwegian - canceled this week
Ryanair - canceled through Wednesday
Lufthansa - canceled through Monday

EasyJet - adjusted timings
Virgin Atlantic - some flights running
Hainan - some flights to Beijing and Shenzhen
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #75 on: October 10, 2023, 08:04:27 AM »
According to JPost, Delta is cancelled until the end of the month.
Maybe someone should make a wiki?
Their summary is as follows:

"Suspended"
United
American
Air France
TAP
Finnair
Wizz Air
EgyptAir

Delta - until the end of the month
Norwegian - canceled this week
Ryanair - canceled through Wednesday
Lufthansa - canceled through Monday

EasyJet - adjusted timings
Virgin Atlantic - some flights running
Hainan - some flights to Beijing and Shenzhen
The Israeli ones are running: El Al, Arkia, Israir. Bluebird seems to be working. Emirates and FlyDubai are also working.

The article below also mentions some BA service.

(Bloomberg) --Tel Aviv is becoming off limits for a growing number of airlines as the conflict enters its fourth day and the Israeli government vows to respond aggressively to the Hamas attacks.
Finnair Oyj will cancel all flights to Tel Aviv until March 30 next year, it said on the X, the platform previously known as Twitter. Discount carrier EasyJet said Tuesday that it had suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv and would monitor the situation, “with a view to resuming some services when we can.”

Both carriers follow Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France-KLM and the three big US airlines that stopped services yesterday. Delta Air Lines Inc on Monday suspended Tel Aviv flights through Oct. 31 in what it said was “a difficult decision” while promising to help customers book with partners.

The suspensions complicate efforts for foreign tourists and business travelers to leave Israel while also creating a bottleneck for Israeli citizens looking to return home. Airlines still operating to Tel Aviv are rejigging their schedules to allow crews to fly straight back and not have to spend the night in the city.

British Airways Plc said it had a service departing Heathrow for Tel Aviv this morning but that its teams were continuing to monitor the situation. It has adjusted its departure times so flights leave London Heathrow in the morning rather than late afternoon. Virgin Atlantic is also still flying some services but has extended its rebooking policy so that customers who don’t wish to fly can rebook or get a full refund until Nov. 4.

Gulf carriers Emirates and FlyDubai as well as Turkish Airlines and local rival Pegasus are also still flying, according to FlightRadar24 data

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #76 on: October 10, 2023, 08:14:55 AM »
Delta.com is not selling TLV routes indefinitely as of now

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #77 on: October 10, 2023, 08:24:53 AM »
Dk if this is the right thread, but im in israel now and i had a flight booked on elal for Wednesday night, I want to cancel for a refund so a) can i get a full refund if i cancel within the first 24 hrs B) what can i do if elal is not answering the phone and i cant cancel it?

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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #78 on: October 10, 2023, 08:28:22 AM »
Dk if this is the right thread, but im in israel now and i had a flight booked on elal for Wednesday night, I want to cancel for a refund so a) can i get a full refund if i cancel within the first 24 hrs B) what can i do if elal is not answering the phone and i cant cancel it?
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Re: Simchas Torah War - Flights Discussion Thread
« Reply #79 on: October 10, 2023, 08:30:45 AM »
Hi can anyone please help us we we were stuck in israel and spent hours trying to get out we’re finally boarding a flight to Cyprus now but I’m struggling to get tickets from Cyprus to NYC

Our original flight was with Virgin Tlv-Lhr-jfk

We’re 6 passenger (2 adults and 4 children ages 3-13) pls pls help us. I got all sorts of points if needed