Italy's ITA carrier will fly to Israel again starting March 3, and will operate three weekly flights to Rome. On the other hand, Korean Air, the flag carrier of South Korea, announced the cancellation of its flights to Israel until October 26. The company, which operated four weekly flights on the Tel Aviv-Seoul route, is preparing to renew its flights to Israel starting with the upcoming winter flight schedule.
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Both companies, like most airlines in the world, stopped flying to Israel a few days after the outbreak of the war in Gaza on October 7.
Over the weekend, Turkish Airlines , the national airline of Turkey, informed travel agents and airline providers that it is extending the cancellation of its flights to Israel at least until October 29, and possibly even beyond that.
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ITA will soon fly again to Israel; Korean Air won't return until October
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Meanwhile, El Al announced at the end of the week that due to a drop in demand it will "suspend its operations" on the Johannesburg, South Africa route starting at the end of March. The decision to cancel the route was made against the background of the lawsuit filed by the African country against Israel at The Hague for genocide.
In the meantime, over the last month, the airport began to gradually come back to life, following the return to Israel of airline companies Lufthansa, Swiss, Aegean Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Air France. In addition, the low-cost companies Wizz Air and Ryanair announced that they will partially resume operations in Israel starting in February. The companies Blue Bird, Smart Wings, Tus Airways and Lot Polish Airlines have also announced the resumption of their flights to Israel.
These companies join Fly Dubai, Red Wings, Azimuth Airline, Ethiopian, Air Zena, Etihad Airways, Haiskai, Uzbekistan Airways and Hainan Airlines.