Following Ben Gurion International Airport’s announcement to reopen its low-cost Terminal 1, Ryanair will be resuming flights to and from Tel Aviv on 3 June.
It is not the first time this year Ryanair is announcing to resume flights to Israel. At the start of February, the carrier shortly tried to reinstate a connection with Tel Aviv, but because the low-cost terminal hadn’t reopened, the airline had to use Terminal 3 and therefore pay higher costs. After a temporary reduction in charges was denied by the operator, Ryanair decided to suspend its services in Israel once again on 27 February.
“We worked hard with the Israeli government and Ben Gurion International Airport to re-establish Ryanair’s low fare flights to and from Tel Aviv on 1st February last,” Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson said at the time. “We were deeply disappointed by Ben Gurion International Airport’s refusal to reopen the low-cost Terminal 1 where Ryanair normally operates.”
Now that Terminal 1 is about to reopen, Ryanair has announced to be taking up a 40-flights per week schedule starting. The airline will be connecting Tel Aviv to other Ryanair airports such as Athens, Bari, Berlin, Budapest, Malta, Milan and Paphos. Travellers can already book their flights to and from Tel Aviv through Ryanair’s website.
“It is great news that Ben Gurion Airport is re-opening Terminal 1, which has enabled Ryanair to resume our Tel Aviv operations from Monday, June 3rd, with 40 weekly flights to/from key markets such as Cyprus, Germany, Greece, and Italy available to book now”, an airline spokesperson said.
The low-cost carrier is the latest in a long list of airlines to slowly reinstate their services to and from Tel Aviv despite the ongoing war in Gaza. FlyDubai, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways, Red Wings, Azimuth Airlines and Uzbekistan Airways were some of the first airlines to start operating again in Israel, while the Lufthansa Group, Delta Airlines, Aegean Airlines and British Airways are just some of the more recent additions.
