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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 #1820 on: August 08, 2019, 09:31:33 AM »
DDMS posted at 9:00am

I must have just missed it by a few minutes as I checked right before I posted.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1821 on: August 08, 2019, 09:52:33 AM »
Who said they are being daily?
And who says they can't switch to PHL/JFK after a year if DFW doesn't kick off?

Besides for the growing jewish community in Dallas, which other frum jews is this flight beneficial for?

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1822 on: August 08, 2019, 10:00:58 AM »
Besides for the growing jewish community in Dallas, which other frum jews is this flight beneficial for?

LAX (most people don't fly El AL), HOU, PHX, DEN, Tons of Israelis in Vegas. Tech execs in Seattle, Portland and Austin (loyal to AA and partner Alaska).  Oil and Gas execs in Denver and Houston.  It could work and more importantly they can probably fill this business class just from Hi-Tech and Gas Execs.  Also, thousands of non-Jewish tourists going.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1823 on: August 08, 2019, 10:03:39 AM »
LAX (most people don't fly El AL), HOU, PHX, DEN, Tons of Israelis in Vegas. Tech execs in Seattle, Portland and Austin (loyal to AA and partner Alaska).  Oil and Gas execs in Denver and Houston.  It could work and more importantly they can probably fill this business class just from Hi-Tech and Gas Execs.  Also, thousands of non-Jewish tourists going.

Intsering, seemed like a pretty random move but explaining this way make more sense now.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1824 on: August 08, 2019, 10:08:16 AM »
You're forgetting a huge market, the south American market, DFW already has many flights to SA, and is a great place to connect.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1825 on: August 08, 2019, 10:10:23 AM »
You're forgetting a huge market, the south American market, DFW already has many flights to SA, and is a great place to connect.
You have Miami for that also.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1826 on: August 08, 2019, 10:26:45 AM »
You have Miami for that also.
True. Just saying a market it DOES have, not that it's an edge over other cities.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1827 on: August 08, 2019, 10:37:25 AM »
LAX (most people don't fly El AL), HOU, PHX, DEN, Tons of Israelis in Vegas. Tech execs in Seattle, Portland and Austin (loyal to AA and partner Alaska).  Oil and Gas execs in Denver and Houston.  It could work and more importantly they can probably fill this business class just from Hi-Tech and Gas Execs.  Also, thousands of non-Jewish tourists going.
Many DEN/HOU flyers are going to be strongly UA loyal. They'd choose AA only if there's a significant price advantage.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1828 on: August 08, 2019, 10:38:01 AM »
You're forgetting a huge market, the south American market, DFW already has many flights to SA, and is a great place to connect.
South America has GRU-TLV with sterile transit.

No sterile transit in the US makes this a non-starter for most South Americans who would need a US visa.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1829 on: August 08, 2019, 10:59:41 AM »
If it doesn't last AA has no one to blame but themselves. There makes absolutely no sense for anyone outside of Texas to take these flights. Any small jewish town in the mid-west can get their flights with LY through Chicago anyone on the west coast has their options already.
 
 The only reason I can think they dont want to compete with the other airlines in the major cities is they are not ready to fly everyday and if they keep it at 3 times a week the competition will win.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1830 on: August 08, 2019, 11:21:43 AM »
South America has GRU-TLV with sterile transit.

No sterile transit in the US makes this a non-starter for most South Americans who would need a US visa.
Fair point, forgot about that.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1831 on: August 08, 2019, 11:23:05 AM »
Many DEN/HOU flyers are going to be strongly UA loyal. They'd choose AA only if there's a significant price advantage.

That's true for plenty of those people but again all the people in Phoenix, Seattle and Portland are as loyal to AA and Alaska and lots of Denverites are loyal to BA already as it's one of our few European international flights.  Plus even business class is price sensitive and if they have sales for anywhere close to 3k instead of 5k, people will fly it. 

If it doesn't last AA has no one to blame but themselves. There makes absolutely no sense for anyone outside of Texas to take these flights. Any small jewish town in the mid-west can get their flights with LY through Chicago anyone on the west coast has their options already.
 
 The only reason I can think they dont want to compete with the other airlines in the major cities is they are not ready to fly everyday and if they keep it at 3 times a week the competition will win.

I'm sorry but this statement is simply not true.  I live in Denver and book flights all the time.  LY in Chicago is also only 3 times a week and so far, I've never been able to figure out good connections on American which is the only airline I can fly to ORD if I don't want to buy two separate tickets.  I do sometimes buy separate tickets but it is risky transit wise, especially with the weather in Chicago.

I think one of the most important things people aren't accounting for (and we don't have the info to know yet if AA does it correctly) is the timing of the flight.  The most coveted flights right now in Denver, if at a reasonable price, are the British Airways and Lufthansa flights because they leave in the afternoon (although BA has a longer layover on the outbound).  After that people will backtrack to SFO from Denver to be able to get a 6PM flight and leave out of SFO at 9:40 because it's often much cheaper and the timing and layover are perfect.  BA almost never goes below $1200 (Lufthansa does more sales) and these prices often sit at $1500 from Denver. 

If we fly through NY its a 2hr time difference and a 4 hour flight so people either waste a whole work day to not have bad layover in NY or take a horrific redeye (even first class is not lie-flat) and sit in JFK or Newark from 6AM to noon.  If they put this flight around 10pm and people can leave Denver at 5pm to catch that flight, it will have huge appeal.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1834 on: August 09, 2019, 05:53:10 PM »
Looks like they timed it perfectly!

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2019/08/08/american-airlines-will-fly-nonstop-dfw-israel-starting-next-year

Leaves DFW at 10:15pm so I (and millions of others) can hop on a 5 or 6pm flight and make the connection and then on the return it lands at a perfect 5:05 AM so I could easily be back in Denver (or Houston, Austin, Vegas or Phoenix) by 8am.  Star alliance loyalists will switch for this timing because it’s just so convenient, not to mention that it will be a total no-brainer choice for Oneworld and Alaska elites.  I hope it does well and becomes daily.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1835 on: August 10, 2019, 03:53:54 PM »
AA timing is better for DEN, but UAs flights are the same time.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1836 on: August 11, 2019, 01:21:57 AM »
AA timing is better for DEN, but UAs flights are the same time.

You can arrive back to PHX or LAS at 10am on UA but that is backtracking after a 15hr SFO flight. I think people are underestimating pent up demand from Oneworld/Alaska loyalists as well. Regardless, competition is good for us all, and I hope they succeed.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1837 on: August 12, 2019, 07:02:05 AM »
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267272

Is this going to be operated as a ground stop? If  not whats the news involved?

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1838 on: August 12, 2019, 07:20:44 AM »
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267272

Is this going to be operated as a ground stop? If  not whats the news involved?
Wasn't JAL supposed to start a route?
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #1839 on: August 12, 2019, 08:46:50 AM »
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267272

Is this going to be operated as a ground stop? If  not whats the news involved?
Marketing bubbe maisos.
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