AVIATION
May 2023
UAE & ISRAEL AGREE TO INCREASE PASSENGER FLIGHTS The addition of flights will allow Emirates airline to operate an additional daily flight from Tel Aviv
FOR THE FIRST TIME: DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM RAMON AIRPORT TO ISTANBUL Israir will launch direct flights from Ramon Airport to Istanbul, starting in the middle of June, ticket price from 250 USD per person
F lights between the UAE and Israel have agreed to increase the number of flights to meet the high demand for passenger traffic between the two countries, officials said. “To further strengthen people- to-people ties between Israel and the UAE, we now have increased the number of daily flights to better connect our people and economies”, said Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE’s ambassador to Israel. Given the high demand for flights to Dubai, Brigadier General Miri Regev, Minister of Transportation and Road Safety of Israel, has approved the addition of seven regular weekly flights between Israel and Dubai for the upcoming summer season, bringing the weekly number of flights to Dubai to 49, second only to flights to Istanbul. The addition of flights will
allow Emirates airline to operate an additional daily flight from Tel Aviv. Currently, the UAE carriers flydubai and Etihad Airways also operate direct flights to Israel. “These additional flights will strengthen the ties between the two countries. Since I inaugurated the first flights to the UAE within the framework of the Abraham Accord, the activity has increased every month. In light of this, I decided to approve the addition of seven weekly flights”, said Regev. “This decision has been taken in view of the high demand for flights to Dubai, which have become a favorite destination for Israeli traveler since the signing of the Abraham Accords in September 2020. The cities of the emirates are popular vacation destinations for the Israeli audience”, the Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety said.
A s of June 17, Israir will start direct flights from Ramon Airport to Istanbul. The flights will depart twice a week on Mondays and Saturdays. This is the first time that flights will depart from Ramon Airport to Istanbul Airport. The price of a plane ticket starts at 250 USD per person and a 2-night package including transfers will cost from 385 USD per person. Hila Hermolin Ronen, Israir’s VP of Marketing and Sales: “Israir is constantly working on expanding the products and destinations and diversifying them for its customers. After we switched to operating flights to Ramon with Airbus 320 planes, we
are allowed to operate international flights from Ramon. In February of this year, the direct flight line to Istanbul was renewed after a 15- year hiatus, when Israeli airlines stopped operating on this line, and Israel Air was the first company to celebrate the historic event”. “In light of the high demand for the destination, we decided to operate flights to Istanbul from Ramon and also give an option to choose a combined flight, taking off from Ramon to Istanbul and landing back at Ben Gurion Airport on Sundays and Thursdays, to allow those who choose to vacation on the weekends”.
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