Reverse Exodus -- Israelis Flock to Egypt with New Flight Options
The throngs of Israelis backed up in a nine-hour wait to transit the Taba border crossing from Israel into Egyptian Sinai on the week of...
Airlines to Israel
Steve Jaffe
- Jul 7, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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 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 26, 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
- Oct 29, 2020
- 4 min
New Middle East airspace agreements – what they are and why they matter
Easily overlooked in the wake of the recent breathtaking pace of Arab-Israeli normalization developments are a series of highly...
Steve Jaffe
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
Israel signs air service agreements with UAE and Bahrain
Just weeks after signing the historic normalization agreements with the UAE and Bahrain, Israel has concluded air service agreements with...
Steve Jaffe
- Apr 26, 2020
- 4 min
The New Middle-East Super Connector?
For a brief, shining moment over the past few weeks, the El Al route map expanded to nine new cities on world-girdling routes throughout...
Steve Jaffe
- Apr 12, 2020
- 3 min
Israeli diplomatic breakthroughs start to bear tangible aeropolitical results
On March 16, the Jerusalem Post reported that Sudan had authorized direct flights to Israel to overfly its territory. The announcement...
Steve Jaffe
- Aug 4, 2019
- 4 min
Ten New Breakthrough Routes to Israel
New air service to Israel from far-flung places continues -- some are pure business routes -- others leisure destinations, and a few...
Steve Jaffe
- Feb 3, 2019
- 2 min
Latin flavor adds spice to the Israeli aviation market
Since the 1960s, El Al had interest in flying to Buenos Aires, but its plans never came to fruition, partly due to the circuitous routing...
Steve Jaffe
- Jan 31, 2019
- 3 min
Asian airlines play catch-up in Israeli market
For decades, Israel was terra incognita on the route maps of Asian airlines. Based in a region with historically less-developed...
Steve Jaffe
- Jan 27, 2019
- 3 min
Israel in Africa -- an Airline Saga
Israel is on the cusp of some major airspace access breakthroughs – to the east over the Arabian Peninsula, and to the south and west...