Delta To Resume Flights To Eretz Yisroel Before Shuvous

By FrumNews.com Staff

On Wednesday, Delta Airlines announced it would resume service on June 7th. Delta will be flying daily the Airbus A330-900neo between New York and Tel Aviv, adding 2000 seats weekly on the route.

Like most non-Israeli airlines, Delta canceled all fights as war broke out following the Simchas Torah massacre. Delta will be the second US carrier flying directly between the US and Eretz Yisroel.

Delta Airlines said in a statement, “The decision to resume the route on June 7, 2024, which was temporarily suspended in October 2023, follows an extensive security risk assessment by the airline. Delta continues to closely monitor the situation in Israel in conjunction with government and private-sector partners.”

“It will delay its previously scheduled May 1 JFK-TLV restart to June 7. Customers currently booked on flights prior to June 7 will be proactively notified by Delta and reaccommodated accordingly.” Delta added.

Delta follows fellow US airline United to resume transatlantic flights to Eretz Yisroel. Other international airlines have resumed or plan to resume flights, including Air Canada, British Airways, Etihad, Lufthansa, Ethiopia, and Iberia, among others.

Meanwhile, the low-cost Ryanair canceled all flights after resuming select flights “until terminal 1 is reopened,” according to the airline, it “will allow Ryanair to resume selling low-fare flights to and from Tel Aviv.”

“We worked hard with the Israeli government and Ben Gurion International Airport to re-establish Ryanair’s low-fare flights to/from Tel Aviv on 1st February last.” Eddie Wilson, Ryanair CEO, said in a statement. “We don’t mind if the airport forces us to put Ryanair flights through Terminal 3 on an interim basis because of the large decline in traffic to/from Tel Aviv, but this should be done on the agreed Terminal 1 prices, not Terminal 3 prices.”

In related news, FrumNews.com reported the Israel Airport Authority (IAA) is warning Israeli soldiers, many of whom have recently been released from reserve duty, traveling through Ben Gurion International Airport not to forget their ammunition and weapons in their bags or luggage.