United has announced plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv, Israel from Chicago O'Hare and Washington Dulles international airports. This marks the first time United has operated these flights since 2023. United offers more flights to Tel Aviv than any other U.S. airline and will be the only air...

The aviation industry is all too familiar with having to manage disruption due to international crises. How airlines respond to emergencies or rapidly evolving world events is vital to ensuring that passengers and cargo reach their intended destinations safely and on time. Such disruptions hav...

Israeli airlines have expanded their schedules to help stranded passengers return home, following escalations between Netanyahu's government and Iran. The news agency Reuters reports that tens of thousands of passengers remain stranded due to flight restrictions that were imposed after Israel and...

Airlines across the globe are urgently reassessing their flight schedules to and from the Middle East after the United States launched strikes on Iran, significantly raising concerns over aviation safety in the region. Singapore Airlines, one of Asia’s most prominent carriers, described the sit...

The Lufthansa Group has extended its suspension of all flights to and from Tel Aviv in response to a recent missile strike near Ben Gurion Airport, prompting global airlines to reconsider operations to Israel amid rising regional tensions. The German aviation group—comprising Lufthansa, Swiss I...

United has announced plans to restart New York/Newark to Tel Aviv service on March 15, with a second daily flight planned to begin March 29. This resumption follows a detailed assessment of operational considerations for the region and close work with the unions who represent our flight attendant...

British Airways will resume flights between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv from April after suspending the service in October 2024. The airline last year paused flights to Israel amid rising tensions in the Middle East. At the time British Airways said flights would resume in March this year - b...

15 international airlines are threatening to cease all flights to Israel unless a law mandating compensation for cancelled flights is amended. The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has posed a significant financial risk to airlines' operations in recent months. In the last few weeks, a numbe...

British Airways has announced it is suspending all flights to Tel Aviv until March 2025. The British flag carrier has become the latest airline to suspend Israel-bound flights due to rising tensions in the Middle East. BA was operating up to two daily direct flights from Heathrow to Tel Aviv p...

German flag carrier Lufthansa has extended its suspension of flights to Tel Aviv amid escalations in the Israel-Gaza conflict. The airline will not fly to the Israeli capital until 10 November, while its subsidiary Eurowings has suspended all flights to Tel Aviv until 30 November. Deutsche Luf...

An Israeli airline has launched new tourist flights from the UK to Tel Aviv, despite recent escalations in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Arkia Israeli Airlines will fly from Manchester to Tel Aviv twice a week despite the UK government advising against all non-essential travel to the capital city. ...

Birmingham Airport (BHX) has been playing a key role in the safe return of British nationals repatriated from Lebanon, as part of an organised evacuation effort amid ongoing Middle East tensions. The airport has been collaborating with government agencies, including local councils, police, the Fo...

Airlines are increasingly steering clear of Iranian airspace, resulting in longer flight times and higher fuel costs as fears of a potential Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran escalate, according to flight tracking service FlightRadar24. Over the past year, heightened tensions in the Middle East ...

El Al has entered negotiations with Boeing for an order of 30 B737 MAX aircraft despite the manufacturer's second consecutive month of poor sales. The order is reported to be worth between US$2bn and $2.5bn - and the first model is expected to arrive in 2027. This week the Israeli flag carrier...

Air Canada announced today that, in coordination with the Government of Canada, it will operate two special flights on October 13 and 14 from Athens to bring Canadians and permanent residents home from Israel. Through the arrangement, the Government of Canada is operating military flights from Te...