Airlines

Democrats say deal reached with Trump to avert shutdown, immigration talks to continue

Senate Democrats strike a deal to prevent a partial government shutdown, temporarily separating immigration issues from funding talks to secure essential government operations.s

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks with the media while arriving for a vote, as members of Congress work to resolve a dispute over immigration enforcement and avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 29, 2026.
 KLM Dutch airline planes

Dutch airline KLM retracts decision to resume Israel flights

KLM aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Schipol airport near Amsterdam April 15, 2015.

KLM, Air France suspend Israel flights as US-Iran tensions escalate

Travellers at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 23, 2025.

Planes are preparing to leave Ben-Gurion Airport in case of missile strikes, Regev says


Israel's war in Gaza leaves the Jewish State stuck in a Catch-22 - opinion

The ripple effect of the IDF’s operation in Gaza is felt around the world. Jew haters are using Israel’s response to Hamas’s massacre as an excuse to spew their evil vitriol. Jews suffer.

 Israeli soldiers fire a mortar towards Gaza from their position near the border, as seen from Israel, June 2, 2025

Lufthansa postpones flights to Israel until late June

Several airlines canceled flights to Israel in recent weeks following a Houthi missile strike on Ben-Gurion Airport in April.

 Planes of Lufthansa

Wizz Air received its new aircraft that will fly up to 8 hours

The low-cost airline is the first in the world to be equipped with an Airbus A321XLR aircraft, which will offer long-haul intercontinental flights of up to 8 hours.

 Wizz Air's Airbus A321XLR

We need to remember which airlines abandoned Israel, even if it comes at a cost - opinion

Now, the options to soar are limited, and while flying abroad can have a euphoric effect, keep in mind it will cost you to achieve this inner peace.

 TRAVELERS AT Ben-Gurion International Airport.

United, Delta resume flights to Israel as others delay returns

United and Delta are among the few airlines that are resuming flights to Israel in recent weeks.

A United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Another aircraft and more flights: The northern airline expands operations

Air Haifa signed a deal to buy another ATR 72-600, after a fourth joins this summer. The expansion will boost flight frequencies and add new destinations from Haifa Airport.

Air Haifa aircraft

Lufthansa delays return of flights to Israel following internal security assessment

The Lufthansa Group said the suspension will remain in place at least through May 25. Since the suspension began, no group flights have landed in or taken off from Israel.

 Planes of Lufthansa

UN finds Russia responsible for Malaysian plane downing that killed 298

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 departed from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, and was shot down over eastern Ukraine.

  A Malaysian air crash investigator inspects the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in Donetsk region, Ukraine, July 22, 2014.

Air France, Lufthansa, others avoid Pakistan airspace amid India tensions

Airlines have also been reacting to developments in the Middle East, with European and US carriers canceling flights for several days after a missile fired by Yemen's Houthis landed near Ben Gurion.

A Lufthansa A380 plane

After Sunday cancellations, some airlines set to resume flights to Israel

Airport officials said that “the flight board has been updated, and the airlines have not canceled the slots.” 

 Travelers are seen at the departure hall of the Ben-Gurion Airport on April 4, 2023; illustrative