Ryanair has confirmed plans to return flights to Israel after suspending a resumption in February after less than a month in a row over airport charges.
The budget carrier restarted flights to Ben Gurion International airport from parts of Europe on February 1 after a lengthy suspension due to the conflict in Gaza.
But Ryanair halted flights again and said they would remain suspended until the airport reopened a dedicated terminal for low cost services.
The airline said at the time that it had written to the airport calling on confirmation on when Terminal 1 would reopen, “which will allow Ryanair to resume selling low fare flights to and from Tel Aviv”.
In an update yesterday (Thursday), Ryanair confirmed that flights would return from June 3 “following Ben Gurion International airport’s decision to re-open low-cost Terminal 1”.
The airline will operate 40 flights a week to and from Athens, Bari, Berlin, Budapest, Malta, Milan and Paphos.
A Ryanair spokesperson said: “It is great news that Ben Gurion airport is re-opening Terminal 1, which has enabled Ryanair to resume our Tel Aviv operations from Monday, June 3, with 40 weekly flights to/from key markets.”
EasyJet has restarted flights to Tel Aviv from Luton airport and British Airways from Heathrow after Wizz Air flights returned on March 1.
However, Virgin Atlantic flights from Heathrow to Tel Aviv remain suspended until September 4.