Israel’s national airline, El Al, announced Wednesday the launch of direct flights connecting Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport with Tokyo’s Narita International Airport in Japan. The airline will operate three round-trip flights a week, starting in March 2020. Flight time between Tel Aviv and Tokyo will be 11 hours and...

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The virulently anti-Israel movement known as Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions — BDS — is roiling through campuses, overflowing into city councils, encroaching into corporate boardrooms, and now chomping at the essence of Israel’s special niche in the world: its travel and tourism industry. Everywhere, the boycotters have been asking to...

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El Al Israel Airlines said on Tuesday that it was continuing to expand into North America and will be launching once weekly nonstop flights between Tel Aviv and Orlando as of July 2019, Globes reported. The airline made the announcement during the IMTM International Tourism Exhibition, is taking place this...

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The 70th anniversary celebrations of the State of Israel are joined this year by EL AL Israel Airlines, which was born in tandem with the state in 1948. In honor of its own birthday and to promote the launch of 16 new and advanced aircraft, the company painted one of...

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The first of El Al Airlines new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft arrived in Ben Gurion Airport Wednesday, marking the delivery of one element of the largest ever United Kingdom-Israel trade agreement. The Israeli airline agreed to purchase 15 of the Dreamliner aircrafts from Boeing. The deal included a long term...

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Air India is in the process of inaugurating a new Mumbai-Tel Aviv route, which is expected to be announced during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Israel, The Times of India reported Thursday. The flight will take a circuitous route to avoid flying over countries that do not have relations...

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