Steve Jaffe 3 days ago 3 min Up, Over, and Around -- Recent Flight Activity of Note A quick look at some random but noteworthy flights and trends in and around Israel. Enjoy the ride. A rare El Al flight from TLV to DEL,...
Steve Jaffe Jul 7 3 min The Israelis are coming! Are the expectations for the Israel-Morocco travel boom sustainable? In another demonstration of the tangible benefits of the Abraham Accords, El Al and Israir will both commence regularly scheduled flights...
Steve Jaffe Jun 1 4 min After the Rockets Stopped Falling – the Gaza conflict and its impact on Israeli commercial aviation In many ways, the recent Gaza Conflict that raged from May 10 – 21 was just the latest battle in a long-running war between Israel and...
Steve Jaffe Dec 7, 2020 3 min The Metamorphosis of Gulf Air Last week El Al and Gulf Air jointly announced that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to seek opportunities for...
Steve Jaffe Dec 1, 2020 7 min Is Dubai the pot of gold – or just the end of the road -- for El Al? The new air service between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain represents a potential breakthrough moment for Israeli national carrier El Al....
Steve Jaffe Nov 27, 2020 3 min The (not so) little airline that could -- a profile of Flydubai In case you missed it, Flydubai’s arrival today at Ben Gurion Airport marked the first scheduled passenger flight on the newly...
Steve Jaffe Nov 18, 2020 4 min Sudan, Tigray, and the importance of strategic airspace redundancy On Sunday, November 8, El Al flight 5057 flew over Sudan en route from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Entebbe (EBB). The 737-900, which was heading...
Steve Jaffe Nov 5, 2020 3 min FlyDubai to be first airline to serve Dubai-Tel Aviv route flyDubai has announced that it will start service between its home base and Tel Aviv on November 26. With this remarkably fast startup,...
Steve Jaffe Nov 3, 2020 2 min Israeli skies starting to fill with transit flights In another historic breakthrough for Israeli aviation, an Etihad 787-10 enroute from Milan (MXP) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) became the first...
Steve Jaffe Nov 2, 2020 2 min Hebrew language website and kosher food – UAE welcome Israeli travelers The Emerati travel and tourism industry is putting its full resources into building the marketing and hospitality infrastructure to...
