ITN - ISRAEL TRAVEL NEWS ONLINE - March 2025

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March 2025

together with the airline’s CEO Russian with the aim of examining details for opening a new airline route for the company, from Moscow to Ramon Airport in Eilat, in the coming months, as part of efforts to bring foreign

CEO OF RUSSIAN AIRLINE RED WINGS VISITS ISRAEL Red Wings examines opening a new flight route to Eilat

airlines back to Israel. Director General of the

A t the invitation of the Ministry of Tourism, CEO of Russian airline Red Wings, Vladimir Kaminin, visited Israel with the aim of examining details for opening a new airline route for the company, from Moscow to Ramon Airport in Eilat, in the coming months. The CEO met with senior officials from the relevant bodies – the Ministry of Tourism, the Airports Authority, the Civil Aviation Authority, the Eilat Hotel Association, the Eilat

Municipality and other industry stakeholders. The Ministry is currently working with airlines and agents in Russia to create vacation packages suitable for different levels of accommodation. The Director of the Russian Bureau has worked throughout the recent period to maintain close ties with airlines and agents in Russia, which includes, among other things, holding seminars on Israel as an attractive tourist destination, supporting marketing

channels, hosting key figures in the tourism industry, and more. The expected opening of the route is a result of these actions, and the Ministry of Tourism hopes that this is the first swallow that will bring additional airlines in its wake, who will recognize the economic potential of opening a route to Eilat. The Ministry of Transportation is currently carrying out intensive staff work together with the Airports Authority, the Civil Aviation Authority and the Ministry of Tourism,

Ministry of Tourism, Danny Shahar: “In accordance with the policy of the Minister of Tourism, Haim Katz, the ministry is working to encourage tourism among audiences that support Israel, including Jews, evangelicals, and audiences that are less affected by complex geopolitical situations. In the past year, nearly a million tourists arrived in Israel and we are working hard to make 2025 the year of recovery in incoming tourism”.

AIR CANADA TO RESUME ISRAEL FLIGHTS IN JUNE The Canadian airline will resume Toronto-Tel Aviv flights on June 8 and Montreal-Tel Aviv flights in August A ir Canada has announced the renewal of flights to resume flights on the Tel Aviv - Montreal route, with one weekly flight. Air Canada is now joining two US carriers that have

resume flights on March 15 and Delta Airlines on April 1. So by the summer three North American airlines will be operating flights to Israel after months in which only

El Al scheduled direct flights between Tel Aviv and New York. There are currently no direct flights to Canada after El Al halted its flights on the route in 2022.

Israel on June 8 with four weekly flights between Tel Aviv and Toronto. From August the airline will

announced the resumption of services - United Airlines will

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