New routes / extra frequencies to and from TLV - all airlines
#1471
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Teaneck, NJ
Programs: AA L.T. Plat; UA Platinum
Posts: 328
Re: AA points C TLV-HKG ; HKG-EWR. I booked via AA call center. Since CX awards cannot be booked on line, AA did not charge their customary fee to speak with an agent. I booked in February, the day that CX loaded the TLV-HKG flight.
Ned Soltz
Ned Soltz
#1472
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
Did they have any trouble with availability? Agent couldn't find even 1 seat, regardless of date, and regardless of cabin (F, C, and Y).
#1473
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Teaneck, NJ
Programs: AA L.T. Plat; UA Platinum
Posts: 328
I had no trouble whatsoever with availability but, as I said, I called AA the same day the flight was loaded. What did surprise me was the easy availability of the HKG-EWR C seat. Took a few tries on the CX site to request kosher meals on both legs but eventually the request was confirmed.
#1474
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Zichron Yakov, Israel
Programs: SPG Gold
Posts: 808
#1475
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Zichron Yakov, Israel
Programs: SPG Gold
Posts: 808
#1477
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: TLV
Programs: UA Platinum, Avis Chairman, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, GA Pilot
Posts: 3,225
#1478
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: TLV
Programs: UA Platinum, Avis Chairman, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, GA Pilot
Posts: 3,225
Interesting article. Didn't realize the government was giving 250,000 Euro grants for new routes - this explains all the random new routes from Wizz and Ryanair. Also, it mentions Eurowings which I know used to fly to CGN (I was somewhat of a regular on that one) but I haven't heard any announcements from them...Not to mention "Envelop" and Cobalt Air - airlines I have never heard of.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-r...hts-1001183090
"40 airlines currently operate flights from Israel, with 10 more slated to begin operations at Ben Gurion Airport in the coming months, including Air India; Canadian airline Air Transat, which will operate flights to Montreal; and WOW Air, an Icelandic airline that will operate flights to Reykjavik, from where it operates connection flights to various destinations in the US, for example. Other airlines that will begin operating in Israel include Cobalt Air, based in Larnaca, Cyprus; Eurowings, based in Cologne, Germany; Palma de Majorca-based Envelop; and Moscow-based Pegas Fly (formerly Ikar) and Yarmal Airlines."
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-r...hts-1001183090
"40 airlines currently operate flights from Israel, with 10 more slated to begin operations at Ben Gurion Airport in the coming months, including Air India; Canadian airline Air Transat, which will operate flights to Montreal; and WOW Air, an Icelandic airline that will operate flights to Reykjavik, from where it operates connection flights to various destinations in the US, for example. Other airlines that will begin operating in Israel include Cobalt Air, based in Larnaca, Cyprus; Eurowings, based in Cologne, Germany; Palma de Majorca-based Envelop; and Moscow-based Pegas Fly (formerly Ikar) and Yarmal Airlines."
#1480
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Zichron Yakov, Israel
Programs: SPG Gold
Posts: 808
#1483
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Montréal
Programs: Air Canada, Hyatt
Posts: 1,376
#1484
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: TLV
Programs: UA Platinum, Avis Chairman, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, GA Pilot
Posts: 3,225
#1485
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: TLV
Programs: UA Platinum, Avis Chairman, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, GA Pilot
Posts: 3,225