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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion_Airport#Airlinesanddestinations

Austria
Vienna – Austrian Airlines, El Al, WizzAir (begins June 2018) Bluebird Airways

Belgium
Brussels – Brussels Airlines, El Al, Ryan Air

BULGARIA
Sofia – Bulgaria Air, El Al, WizzAir
Varna – WizzAir

Canada
Montreal – Air Canada (from May to Jan.), Air Transat (summer only)
Toronto – Air Canada, Air Transat (begins June 2018), El Al
Many travelers from Canada connect via Europe – popular airlines for connecting with good fares and convenient times include Turkish Airlines, British Airways, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and Swiss.

China
Beijing – El Al, Hainan Airlines
Guangzhou – Hainan Airlines (begins in 2018)
Hong Kong – Cathay Pacific, El Al
Shanghai – Hainan Airlines
Shenzhen – Hainan Airlines (begins in 2018)

Cyprus
Larnaca – Arkia, Cobalt, Cyprus Air, El Al UP, TUS Air
Paphos – Ryanair

Czech Republic
Prague – El Al/UP, Smartwings,

Denmark
Copenhagen – Norweigan Air Shuttle

France
Paris – Air France, Arkia, ASL (begins summer 2018), easyJet, El Al, Transavia, XL Airways France
Lyon – Transavia, easyJet (from spring 2018)
Bordeaux – easyJet (from spring 2018)
Marseille – El Al
Nice – Air France (seasonal), Israir, easyJet (from spring 2018)

Germany
Baden-Baden – Ryanair
Berlin – easyJet (Schonefeld and Tegel), Germania (Tegel), El Al/UP (Schonefeld), Israir (Schonefeld)
Dusseldorf – Germania,
Frankfurt – El Al, Lufthansa
Hamburg – Germania
Munich – Arkia, El Al, Lufthansa
Nuremberg – Germania
Stuttgart – Arkia (seasonal), Israir (seasonal)

Greece
Athens – Aegean Airlines, Alitalia, El Al
Seasonal and charter flights are available from many of the Greek Islands

Hungary
Budapest – El Al/UP, Wizz Air
Debrecen – WizzAir

Iceland
Rejkjavik – WOW Air

India
Mumbai – El Al
New Delhi – Air India

Italy
Rome – Alitalia, El Al, Vueling, Ryanair
Milan – easyJet, El Al, Ryanair
Florence – Vueling (summer only)
Naples – easyJet
Venice – El Al, easyJet
Verona – El Al

Latvia
Riga – Air Baltic, WizzAir

Lithuania
Vilnius  – WizzAir

Netherlands
Amsterdam – easyJet, El Al, KLM, Transavia
Eindhoven – Transavia

Poland
Gdansk – LOT, Ryanair
Katowice – Wizz Air
Krakow – Ryanair, Sun DOr (El Al)
Lublin -LOT
Poznan – LOT, Ryanair
Rzeszow – LOT
Warsaw – El Al, LOT, Wizz Air
Wroclaw – LOT, Ryanair

ROMANIA
Bucharest – BlueAir, El Al, Tarom, Wizz Air
Cluj – BlueAir, WizzAir
Craiova – WizzAir
Iasi – Tarom, WizzAir
Timisoara – WizzAir

Slovakia
Bratislava – Smartwings (seasonally)

South Africa
Johannesburg – El Al
Many travelers from South Africa fly via Addis Ababa with Ethiopian Airlines

Spain
Barcelona – Air Europa (seasonally) El Al, Norweigan Air Shuttle, Vueling
Madrid – Air Europa, El Al, Iberia, Smartwings (seasonally)
Tenerife-South – Smartwings (seasonally)

Sweden
Stockholm – Norwegian Air Shuttle

Switzerland
Geneva – easyJet, El Al
Basel – easyJet
Zurich – El Al, Swiss

Thailand
Bangkok – Arkia (begins July 2018), El Al

Turkey
Istanbul – Atlas Global, Pegasus, Turkish Airlines

United Kingdom

London – British Airways (Heathrow), easyJet (Luton and Gatwick), El Al (Luton and Heathrow), WizzAir (Luton)
Manchester – easyJet, Sun DOR (seasonal)

USA
Boston – El Al (March 2022), Delta (May 2022)
Los Angeles – El Al
Miami – El Al
New York City – Delta (JFK), El Al (JFK and Newark), United (Newark)
San Francisco – United Airlines, El Al (begins May 2019)
Las Vegas - El Al
Washington DC (Dulles IAD) - United

HT: ItsYehuda
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https://www.touristisrael.com/full-list-flights-tel-aviv-israel/12331/

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2460 on: January 18, 2021, 11:11:05 AM »
And is this actually being enforced? Any reports from people arriving from DXB today?
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2461 on: January 18, 2021, 11:18:18 AM »
And is this actually being enforced? Any reports from people arriving from DXB today?
According to the travel groups I follow, it's being enforced.
But I don't know anyone first hand who arrived from dxb today

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2462 on: January 20, 2021, 06:59:05 AM »

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2463 on: January 20, 2021, 07:05:59 AM »
Af will use a330 and a350 Starting in March to TLV

https://passportnews.co.il/הבעת-אמון-אייר-פראנס-תפעיל-מטוסים-רחבי/
Wow! I don't recall them ever having anything besides the a320

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2464 on: January 20, 2021, 07:24:03 AM »
Wow! I don't recall them ever having anything besides the a320
I guess it's a market that makes sense now, with not many other markets open.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2465 on: January 20, 2021, 07:27:56 AM »
I guess it's a market that makes sense now, with not many other markets open.
I never understood why they didn't have additional capacity of that line. But I'm assuming they know what there were doing.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2466 on: January 20, 2021, 07:44:20 AM »
I guess it's a market that makes sense now, with not many other markets open.
It would always have made sense. They should have had 2 widebody rather than the 3  narrowbodies daily. More flight times is nice, but they were no competition to LYs 787. And definitely not in J.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2467 on: January 20, 2021, 07:48:02 AM »
It would always have made sense. They should have had 2 widebody rather than the 3  narrowbodies daily. More flight times is nice, but they were no competition to LYs 787. And definitely not in J.

Agreed.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2468 on: January 20, 2021, 07:49:07 AM »
And definitely not in J.
I remember a red eye flight on AF about 10 years ago and 3 Israeli boarded and obviously they didn't expect this kind of "J".
They almost hit the captain in the face as they were so upset

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2469 on: January 20, 2021, 07:52:30 AM »
This is also good for Delta. Until recently, DL loyalists, only had DL non-stop if they wanted real J all the way to TLV. Now they have VS and AF as well, both who also have decent award space to fill in where DL is lacking.
Oneworld always had BA and IB, and Star Alliance had AC, LX, TK and recently TP (in addition to UA nonstop)

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2470 on: January 20, 2021, 07:55:56 AM »
I remember a red eye flight on AF about 10 years ago and 3 Israeli boarded and obviously they didn't expect this kind of "J".
They almost hit the captain in the face as they were so upset
Fake J is proper theft IMHO. They generally charge the same price as if it was real J. And many unsavvy travelers book it without realizing what they're getting. Especially on a flight like CDG Tel Aviv which is 5+ hours.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2471 on: January 20, 2021, 07:56:35 AM »
I remember a red eye flight on AF about 10 years ago and 3 Israeli boarded and obviously they didn't expect this kind of "J".
They almost hit the captain in the face as they were so upset

Rightfully so.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2472 on: January 20, 2021, 07:58:10 AM »
Fake J is proper theft IMHO. They generally charge the same price as if it was real J. And many unsavvy travelers book it without realizing what they're getting. Especially on a flight like CDG Tel Aviv which is 5+ hours.
Completely agreed.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2473 on: January 20, 2021, 07:58:33 AM »
Fake J is proper theft IMHO. They generally charge the same price as if it was real J. And many unsavvy travelers book it without realizing what they're getting. Especially on a flight like CDG Tel Aviv which is 5+ hours.

And as some airlines have shown, it is possible to have a very decent real J even in a single aisle plane.
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« Reply #2474 on: January 20, 2021, 08:00:49 AM »
And as some airlines have shown, it is possible to have a very decent real J even in a single aisle plane.
IINM AF320 are only used on short distances, with the only exception being TLV

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2475 on: January 20, 2021, 08:02:13 AM »
And as some airlines have shown, it is possible to have a very decent real J even in a single aisle plane.
Yes. BA has a320s with lie flight J

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2476 on: January 20, 2021, 08:03:22 AM »
IINM AF320 are only used on short distances, with the only exception being TLV
Makes sense. To Beirut they always used a330. And we're neighbors.

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« Reply #2477 on: January 20, 2021, 08:18:27 AM »
Makes sense. To Beirut they always used a330. And we're neighbors.

Well, how long before the A word will be said in this discussion.

On a side note, fake J is just as European as it gets. It's the air travel version of Europeanism.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2478 on: January 20, 2021, 09:03:26 AM »
Makes sense. To Beirut they always used a330. And we're neighbors.
i believe the short route tlv-beirut daily (nightly) flights dont have J in them,  and the showers i heard could be pretty uncomfortable (for the non pax down below)

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« Reply #2479 on: January 20, 2021, 09:16:07 AM »
i believe the short route tlv-beirut daily (nightly) flights dont have J in them,  and the showers i heard could be pretty uncomfortable (for the non pax down below)
What are you talking about? Your message is very unclear.
TLV to Beirut doesn't exist FYI