Till October 7 Turkish Airways operated greater than 10 every day flights on the Tel Aviv – Istanbul route. Shortly after the outbreak of the warfare, the Turkish service introduced that it might not renew flights to Israel till October 2024. However now, though it has made no official announcement, “Globes” has discovered that each one Istanbul – Tel Aviv flights on Turkish Airways web site that had been beforehand open for reserving, have been canceled till March 2025.
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The choice by Turkish Airways’ determination to cancel flights to Israel is having a significant influence on flight patterns to and from Ben Gurion airport. As a result of Turkish Airways operates flights to 340 locations throughout 4 continents, and is the world’s chief within the area of connections, Istanbul was a preferred stopover for Israeli passengers looking for finances fares for flights all through the world.
In keeping with knowledge from the Israel Airports Authority, in the summertime of 2023, Turkish Airways was one of many carriers working the biggest variety of flights to and from Ben Gurion airport. In July and August 2023, over 5% of passengers on flights arriving and departing from Tel Aviv flew Turkish Airways, rating the airline fourth within the variety of passengers flown to and from Ben Gurion airport.
The choice by the airline to not resume operations at Ben Gurion airport comes amid rising diplomatic tensions between Israel and Turkey. Turkish Airways is a government-owned firm, which serves the political pursuits of Turkey, which has expressed enmity to Israel because the outbreak of the warfare.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on April 3, 2024.
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