May 10, 2013, 5:50 am
New routes / extra frequencies to and from TLV - all airlines
Jan 10, 2019, 7:26 am
#1891
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Location: Zichron Yakov, Israel
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Hainan Airlines closes Guangzhou-TLV route
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,73...443666,00.html
Closing Guangzhou-TLV route as of Feb 20. BUT they are opening a new route to Shenzhen on Feb 22.
However it seems that China Southern may start flying on the route from Guangzhou instead.
There was however a drop in Chinese tourists coming to Israel in 2018 (down by 8%) which is part of the cause of cancelling the Guangzhou line on Hainan.
Closing Guangzhou-TLV route as of Feb 20. BUT they are opening a new route to Shenzhen on Feb 22.
However it seems that China Southern may start flying on the route from Guangzhou instead.
There was however a drop in Chinese tourists coming to Israel in 2018 (down by 8%) which is part of the cause of cancelling the Guangzhou line on Hainan.
Jan 12, 2019, 4:48 am
#1894
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 138
Israeli authorities to offer charge exemptions at Timna, Haifa:
https://centreforaviation.com/news/m...airport-870160
They've been talking about extending Haifa's runway to 1500-1600 meters for over 10 years. What is the latest on that? It's 1318m now. Adding less than 200 meters should not be difficult, even if they have to move a road. Who knows if they will ever turn that northern airbase into a second major international airport? Until that happens, it would be nice to have a Haifa Airport that could relieve some of the pressure from TLV.
Maybe they can get some ATR 72 flights out of Haifa now? Eilat, Larnaca, maybe even Paphos, Antalya and Rhodes in summer?
https://centreforaviation.com/news/m...airport-870160
They've been talking about extending Haifa's runway to 1500-1600 meters for over 10 years. What is the latest on that? It's 1318m now. Adding less than 200 meters should not be difficult, even if they have to move a road. Who knows if they will ever turn that northern airbase into a second major international airport? Until that happens, it would be nice to have a Haifa Airport that could relieve some of the pressure from TLV.
Maybe they can get some ATR 72 flights out of Haifa now? Eilat, Larnaca, maybe even Paphos, Antalya and Rhodes in summer?
Jan 14, 2019, 9:25 am
#1895
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Location: Montréal
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Truth is, it's a shame that nobody is really operating the Q400 in that region, well besides Olympic.
The Q would be better suited for those routes to Greek Islands and secondary Turkey.
Oh well.
Jan 14, 2019, 9:42 am
#1896
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Truth is, it's a shame that nobody is really operating the Q400 in that region, well besides Olympic.
The Q would be better suited for those routes to Greek Islands and secondary Turkey.
Oh well.
Jan 15, 2019, 6:38 am
#1897
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Location: HFA
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Jan 16, 2019, 11:13 am
#1898
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 138
For Cyprus, where you are talking less than 200 nautical miles from Haifa, the extra speed of the Q-400 would have little benefit. For Antalya and Rhodes, it would help a little. I don't think Haifa's runway is long enough to use them all the way to Athens, without a weight restriction. The problem at Haifa is the large offset on landing, so that while the runway is 1318 meters long, when planes land from the southwest, the landing distance is only 1,190 m.
Jan 22, 2019, 1:00 pm
#1899
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El Al considering Orlando flights
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-e...hts-1001269974
As a seasonal service this would make a lot of sense, but it would be almost entirely leisure travelers so not sure how you fill up all the premium seats with just family travelers.
As a seasonal service this would make a lot of sense, but it would be almost entirely leisure travelers so not sure how you fill up all the premium seats with just family travelers.
Jan 23, 2019, 10:12 am
#1900
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https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-e...hts-1001269974
As a seasonal service this would make a lot of sense, but it would be almost entirely leisure travellers so not sure how you fill up all the premium seats with just family travellers.
As a seasonal service this would make a lot of sense, but it would be almost entirely leisure travellers so not sure how you fill up all the premium seats with just family travellers.
Maybe even DFW / HOU. There's a lot of Hi-Tech & Medical going on down there as well as a healthy base of evangelicals and other special interest groups to lean on to fill the back.
Just a thought.
Jan 23, 2019, 10:37 am
#1901
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El Al may consider MCO-TLV flights
El Al may considering MCO-TLV, but there is no specific date to be set. Don't you remember LY has flies TLV-MCO for over 2 decades ago. Hopefully they will have reconsider MCO-TLV in a distant future.
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-e...hts-1001269974
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-e...hts-1001269974
Feb 5, 2019, 11:16 pm
#1903
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Paphos flights
Arkia to offer TLV-PFO twice weekly starting June 7th using their brandc new A321neo aircraft.
IZ151 TLV0745 – 0850PFO 32Q 5
IZ151 TLV0750 – 0850PFO 32Q 1
IZ152 PFO0950 – 1050TLV 32A 15
Israir to offer SDV-PFO twice weekly commencing April 20th (isn't the airport due to close in July?)
6H591 SDV1300 – 1425PFO ATR 15
6H594 PFO1555 – 1715SDV ATR 15
And HFA-PFO twice weekly between end of June and end of August
6H593 HFA1345 – 1455PFO ATR 15
6H592 PFO1125 – 1245HFA ATR 15
IZ151 TLV0745 – 0850PFO 32Q 5
IZ151 TLV0750 – 0850PFO 32Q 1
IZ152 PFO0950 – 1050TLV 32A 15
Israir to offer SDV-PFO twice weekly commencing April 20th (isn't the airport due to close in July?)
6H591 SDV1300 – 1425PFO ATR 15
6H594 PFO1555 – 1715SDV ATR 15
And HFA-PFO twice weekly between end of June and end of August
6H593 HFA1345 – 1455PFO ATR 15
6H592 PFO1125 – 1245HFA ATR 15
Feb 6, 2019, 2:19 am
#1904
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