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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 #2200 on: August 09, 2020, 08:47:26 AM »
I, personally, am disappointed with the way it was handled.  I certainly understand the positive economic aspects, but it still leaves a bad taste in the public's mouth.

My family is still in the U.S. and would love to visit.  They also spend plenty of money on dining, lodging, and shopping every visit.  Why should they be treated differently?
Huge difference. These students come now, quarantine for 2 weeks and then are in Israel for the whole year. After their quarantine, they’re just as much of a threat as any other Israeli.
Tourists come and go much more frequently, and they have no control or data on them.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2201 on: August 09, 2020, 08:47:41 AM »
I, personally, am disappointed with the way it was handled.  I certainly understand the positive economic aspects, but it still leaves a bad taste in the public's mouth.

My family is still in the U.S. and would love to visit.  They also spend plenty of money on dining, lodging, and shopping every visit.  Why should they be treated differently?
If they are willing to take Covid tests before and after arrival and quarantine for two weeks, they should be allowed in (I am stating my opinion, not the official policy).

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2202 on: August 09, 2020, 03:46:20 PM »
Huge difference. These students come now, quarantine for 2 weeks and then are in Israel for the whole year. After their quarantine, they’re just as much of a threat as any other Israeli.
Tourists come and go much more frequently, and they have no control or data on them.

I must admit that you have a point.  I forgot about the fact that these folks will be here for an extended period of time and not just the typical 1-3 weeks a tourist might spend.  I still think exceptions should be made for non-citizen immediate family of citizens (parents, siblings, grandparents).  With testing/quarantine, of course.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2203 on: August 13, 2020, 06:31:46 AM »
https://www.ynet.co.il/article/rkg0qKGfw

I'm very confused about the agreement with Greece. Why only 600 Israelis per week?

Also what prevents me from flying to Athens, then wonder around Europe freely, and back to Israel through Athens / Crete / Corfu, without quarantine on the way back?

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2204 on: August 13, 2020, 09:38:39 AM »
https://www.ynet.co.il/article/rkg0qKGfw

I'm very confused about the agreement with Greece. Why only 600 Israelis per week?

Also what prevents me from flying to Athens, then wonder around Europe freely, and back to Israel through Athens / Crete / Corfu, without quarantine on the way back?
It sounds like they're trying to restart tourism gradually, so they need to choose some limit.  Each tourist will be quarantined in Greece, until the results of the second test, so presumably they have some quarantine facility available for those hours (or days?), and the size of that might be limiting.

Actually, I don't know anything about this, and am just posting because I enjoyed the image of someone "wondering" around the amazing sites in Europe.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2205 on: August 13, 2020, 12:38:51 PM »
https://www.ynet.co.il/article/rkg0qKGfw

I'm very confused about the agreement with Greece. Why only 600 Israelis per week?

Also what prevents me from flying to Athens, then wonder around Europe freely, and back to Israel through Athens / Crete / Corfu, without quarantine on the way back?
Limit the potential spread to 600 people? The real question is why the governments are wasting their time with a program that will have negligible impact on the economy. I guess the ministers kids want a vacay

Many countries in Europe are having passport checks on arriving Schengen flights, Greece in particular has many limits on arriving EU pax.
״וזה כלל גדול: שישנא אדם כל דבר שקר. וכל מה שיוסיף שנאה לדרכי השקר – יוסיף אהבה לתורה.״ - אורחות צדיקים

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2206 on: August 23, 2020, 09:32:23 AM »
Hi.  I will be flying United BOS-EWR-TLV.
Will I check my luggage all the way through to TLV, or do I need to claim and re-check in EWR?

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2207 on: August 23, 2020, 09:33:08 AM »
Hi.  I will be flying United BOS-EWR-TLV.
Will I check my luggage all the way through to TLV, or do I need to claim and re-check in EWR?
All the way

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2209 on: August 23, 2020, 11:26:47 AM »
Hi.  I will be flying United BOS-EWR-TLV.
Will I check my luggage all the way through to TLV, or do I need to claim and re-check in EWR?
All the way
Only in that direction. If you're returning the same way, you'll need to re-check in Newark.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2210 on: August 23, 2020, 12:31:50 PM »
Only in that direction. If you're returning the same way, you'll need to re-check in Newark.
I wonder if @zow is coming back right away but as with all domestic connections, on the way back you need to pick up luggage and then send it on its way after you go through customs. 

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2211 on: August 23, 2020, 12:48:27 PM »
I wonder if @zow is coming back right away but as with all domestic connections, on the way back you need to pick up luggage and then send it on its way after you go through customs.
Actually, it’s DD, not, me who is flying.  And she is going one-way (new Olah). Sending her off in style. :)

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« Reply #2212 on: August 23, 2020, 12:49:26 PM »
Actually, it’s DD, not, me who is flying.  And she is going one-way (new Olah). Sending her off in style. :)
Mazal Tov  :)

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« Reply #2213 on: August 23, 2020, 01:04:23 PM »
Actually, it’s DD, not, me who is flying.  And she is going one-way (new Olah). Sending her off in style. :)
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2215 on: August 31, 2020, 05:04:04 AM »
First ever TLV - Faroe Islands (via GLA) Israiar 117 - with the Israeli youth soccer team

https://www.flightradar24.com/ISR117/255e1a94

From what I can see, this is a first ever.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2217 on: September 03, 2020, 08:06:48 AM »
https://www.ynet.co.il/vacation/flights/article/r1zOvQpmw

Israir asking for landing slots

Main part of that article is the whining of ELAL pilots about allowing unfair competition by EY and EK with which they can't compete (blaming it on the KSA overflight approval to UAE only for Israeli aircraft (which politically works for them, not naming Israel - just allowing all flights to and from the UAE to use their airspace).
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2218 on: September 03, 2020, 09:59:21 AM »
Israir 320 and El Al 737 vs Emirates 380/777 and Etihad 787 is a true David v Goliath fight.

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« Reply #2219 on: September 03, 2020, 10:00:33 AM »
Main part of that article is the whining of ELAL pilots about allowing unfair competition by EY and EK with which they can't compete (blaming it on the KSA overflight approval to UAE only for Israeli aircraft (which politically works for them, not naming Israel - just allowing all flights to and from the UAE to use their airspace).
LY doesn't even have a plane to fly over KSA if permission was granted  ::)
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