Ryanair has confirmed plans to resume flights to Israel after suspending them in February, with Athens included in its schedule.
The financial carrier resumed flights to Ben Gurion International Airport from various parts of Europe on 1 February, after a prolonged suspension due to the clashes in Gaza.
But Ryanair has again suspended flights and said they will remain suspended until the airport reopens a dedicated terminal for low-cost flights.
The airline had said at the time that it had sent a letter to the airport asking for confirmation of when Terminal 1 would reopen, “which will allow Ryanair to resume selling low-fare flights to and from Tel Aviv”.
In an update yesterday (Thursday, April 4), Ryanair confirmed that flights will resume from June 3 “following Ben Gurion International Airport’s decision to reopen its low-cost Terminal 1”.
The airline will operate 40 flights a week to and from Athens, Bari, Berlin, Berlin, Budapest, Malta, Milan and Paphos.
Commenting on the resumption of flights to and from Tel Aviv, a Ryanair spokesman said: “It’s great news that Ben Gurion Airport is reopening Terminal 1, which allows Ryanair to resume flights to Tel Aviv from Monday 3 June, with 40 weekly flights to/from key markets.”
Meanwhile, easyJet has resumed flights to Tel Aviv from Luton Airport and British Airways from Heathrow Airport, while Wizz Air has resumed flights to the Israeli capital from 1 March.
However, Virgin Atlantic’s flights from Heathrow Airport to Tel Aviv remain suspended until 4 September.
Just a day earlier Ryanair had announced a significant increase in passenger traffic, both in March and for the whole of 2024, with the low-cost carrier handling over 183 million passengers in the financial year ending 31 March.
