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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

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2240 on: September 10, 2020, 07:22:46 AM »
Hasn't it been discussed that an a380 to TLV is highly unlikely? Can TLV airport even handle an a380 (runway length, multiple boarding sleeves)?

(sorry for bouncing an old post - just read now)
I don't think tlv as the capacity to handle the 380 - just from a boarding sleeves perspective.

Still, can't compare 777/787 to 320/737 but TBH I'm not sure ppl care about the hard product that much on a 3h flight.

So even if LY installs ithe sky shield on the 787, it's very possible they will choose the 737 depending on the level of demand
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2241 on: September 10, 2020, 07:32:25 AM »
I don't think tlv as the capacity to handle the 380 - just from a boarding sleeves perspective.

Still, can't compare 777/787 to 320/737 but TBH I'm not sure ppl care about the hard product that much on a 3h flight.

So even if LY installs ithe sky shield on the 787, it's very possible they will choose the 737 depending on the level of demand
IINM the E gates were built to handle the A380

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2242 on: September 10, 2020, 08:02:40 AM »
IINM the E gates were built to handle the A380
I think you are right

From the E Wing launch, press release:

Innovations in E wing include telescopic glass entryways and bridges to aircraft, including double bridges for wide-bodies aircraft, for more convenient and faster boarding and disembarking from both the front and the back of the plane.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2243 on: September 10, 2020, 11:08:46 AM »
I don't think tlv as the capacity to handle the 380 - just from a boarding sleeves perspective.

Still, can't compare 777/787 to 320/737 but TBH I'm not sure ppl care about the hard product that much on a 3h flight.

So even if LY installs ithe sky shield on the 787, it's very possible they will choose the 737 depending on the level of demand

Runway 08/26 can handle the A380 since the upgrade completed in 2014

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2244 on: September 10, 2020, 11:17:51 AM »
I think you are right

From the E Wing launch, press release:

Innovations in E wing include telescopic glass entryways and bridges to aircraft, including double bridges for wide-bodies aircraft, for more convenient and faster boarding and disembarking from both the front and the back of the plane.

Double bridges for wide bodies aircraft doesn't mean for 2 story aircraft. The A380 has 2 decks.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2245 on: September 10, 2020, 11:30:17 AM »
Double bridges for wide bodies aircraft doesn't mean for 2 story aircraft. The A380 has 2 decks.
Yeah. They could use them in a similar way than in the picture below, if I'm not mistaken?

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2246 on: September 10, 2020, 11:41:08 AM »
Yeah. They could use them in a similar way than in the picture below, if I'm not mistaken?

Yes. I have never seen it this way. I guess they could.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2247 on: September 10, 2020, 04:45:12 PM »
Is TLV open for tax refunds?
Someone told me you just fill out a letter and they contact you to send refund?
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2248 on: September 13, 2020, 08:56:30 AM »
what about if Alitalia cancelled my flight RT to tlv via jfk, after i transfered 160k amex points… amex says alitalia wont allow refunds. I have escalated and still no help, I know its the risk “its in our terms.” I literally hucaed a million times… Any ideas? :(
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2249 on: September 13, 2020, 12:05:06 PM »
what about if Alitalia cancelled my flight RT to tlv via jfk, after i transfered 160k amex points… amex says alitalia wont allow refunds. I have escalated and still no help, I know its the risk “its in our terms.” I literally hucaed a million times… Any ideas? :(

I doubt whether there's even the slightest chance of getting anything back to AMEX. The best you can hope for is Alitalia giving you back MilleMiglia points, just make sure to use those before they expire.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2250 on: September 13, 2020, 12:07:58 PM »
I doubt whether there's even the slightest chance of getting anything back to AMEX. The best you can hope for is Alitalia giving you back MilleMiglia points, just make sure to use those before they expire.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2251 on: September 13, 2020, 01:10:34 PM »
File a DOT complaint

How would a DOT complaint have anything to do with AMEX? If one were to transfer AMEX points to any program, and then that program doesn't have desired flights, or by the time the transfer came through availability of the desired flight went away, would the DOT have any say over this?
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2253 on: September 15, 2020, 11:46:23 AM »

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2254 on: September 15, 2020, 11:47:27 AM »
https://passportnews.co.il/הערכה-בחודשים-הקרובים-גם-קטאר-איירווי/

Seems like Qatar is next
Seems like a stretch considering they can't even make peace with the KSA, no?
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2255 on: September 15, 2020, 11:47:35 AM »
So this this morning.
Isn't it Qatar who finances Gaza etc?
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2256 on: September 15, 2020, 11:57:30 AM »
https://passportnews.co.il/הערכה-בחודשים-הקרובים-גם-קטאר-איירווי/

Seems like Qatar is next
I'm very, very skeptical about that one. Qatar is in the Iran-Syria-Lebanon-Gaza axis or at least a strong sympathizer.

In the cold war for Muslim domination between Iran and KSA they have picked the side of Iran and are very unlikely to normalize relations with Israel anytime soon. Without normalizing relationships and with Israelis not even allowed into the country, it makes zero sense to operate flights.

If Qatar does normalize relations with Israel, it would be part of big shake-up in the Arab world and part of Qatar's return to the KSA group.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2257 on: September 15, 2020, 12:07:35 PM »
I'm very, very skeptical about that one. Qatar is in the Iran-Syria-Lebanon-Gaza axis or at least a strong sympathizer.

In the cold war for Muslim domination between Iran and KSA they have picked the side of Iran and are very unlikely to normalize relations with Israel anytime soon. Without normalizing relationships and with Israelis not even allowed into the country, it makes zero sense to operate flights.

If Qatar does normalize relations with Israel, it would be part of big shake-up in the Arab world and part of Qatar's return to the KSA group.
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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2258 on: September 15, 2020, 12:10:25 PM »
Exactly.
Unless Qatar wants to shake up things in a big way. This would be the way to do it. But, very unlikely.

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Re: Ex-TLV Routes and Flights Discussions
« Reply #2259 on: September 15, 2020, 12:13:18 PM »
Unless Qatar wants to shake up things in a big way. This would be the way to do it. But, very unlikely.
Flights to Israel but not UAE or KSA?
C'mon.
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