UP moves to Terminal 1
Mar 10, 2015, 9:08 am
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UP moves to Terminal 1
Starting 29.3.2015, all UP flights will depart from TLV Terminal 1. Arrivals will still be to Terminal 3. Passengers who bought tickets prior to today will be refunded some of the airport taxes.
http://www.flyup.com/he/PassengersIn...Terminal1.aspx
Shuly
http://www.flyup.com/he/PassengersIn...Terminal1.aspx
Shuly
Mar 10, 2015, 10:18 am
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Passengers who purchased an UP flight ticket up to and including March 8, 2015 for departures from Tel Aviv, as of March 29, will receive a refund for the difference in port taxes (between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3) equivalent to $14.21 per ticket. For more information
Mar 10, 2015, 1:55 pm
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Is there any specific reason for this change? Or just to make room in T3 for the other increasing full cost carriers using TLV (who want customers to have lounge access, and better services)?
Mar 10, 2015, 4:09 pm
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What a pain!
What a pain!
Mar 10, 2015, 6:09 pm
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I imagine LY were pushing for this changethe rules used to be that only foreign carriers could have international flights depart from T1. This caused Up to be less competitive, as they had to charge $14.21 more than the competition.
As pax are bussed over to T3 after emigration, there is no difference in lounge accsess. Many people I know prefer T1 due to the shorter queues.
As pax are bussed over to T3 after emigration, there is no difference in lounge accsess. Many people I know prefer T1 due to the shorter queues.
Mar 11, 2015, 1:44 am
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Mar 11, 2015, 3:43 am
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I believe that the reason for this T1 idiocy relates to two things: the collective bargaining agreement with the airport workers, and jobs, and secondly the airport authorities' highly profitable contracts with the duty free shops.
Mar 12, 2015, 9:45 am
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Lounge?
Lounge?
Mar 13, 2015, 7:05 am
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Making sense
And why is making sense relevant? We are talking about the Israeli Airport Authority - somewhere in between the Ports, the railways, and the electric company - but since their economic burden is hidden in ticket costs, it is hardly noticed. Very few airports are more expensive, and those pay for their own security costs.
Mar 19, 2015, 3:37 am
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Mar 19, 2015, 5:07 am
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I use the Dan lounge with Priority Pass all the time when I fly Easyjet out of TLV. Also use the other lounges in Europe when I fly Easyjet and Ryanair. That's one of the best things about Priority Pass - even when I'm flying on a $35 ticket from CGN to STN I still get lounge access.
