OT: Ramon airport is being built in the Negev
Jun 5, 2019, 1:54 am
#196
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And now this is just in ( sorry for the Hebrew link): Domestic traffic is now down 25% Y2Y : https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,73...520522,00.html
Jun 5, 2019, 2:06 am
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Not a major factor since Shavuot was Saturday and Sunday. So it may account for 2-3 percentage points out of 25. Clearly, ETM has significantly hurt domestic air travel. I am afraid SDV closure will all but kill it. ( Kill does not mean 100% but will drive it down in a way that will become uneconomical for the carriers, which will end up getting more taxpayers money in a form of subsidies).
Jun 5, 2019, 2:57 am
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Jun 11, 2019, 4:52 am
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And it continues - TLV-ETH vs TLV-ETM - 31% down, Y2Y.
https://www.globes.co.il/news/articl...did=1001288877
https://www.globes.co.il/news/articl...did=1001288877
Jun 24, 2019, 6:28 pm
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This may seem like an odd question, but Ramon Airport has been under construction for years, and the runway has been in place for a long time. Yet Google Maps shows nothing. Google Maps appears to have been updated in the Eilat area as I noticed a couple of other changes. Given how so many Israelis are in tech, maybe somebody knows the answer?
Is Israel hiding the airport from satellites? :-)
Is Israel hiding the airport from satellites? :-)
Jun 25, 2019, 12:56 am
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Jun 25, 2019, 11:55 pm
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Tangentially related to this, but now major brouhaha over whether SDV will close, or whether it will close on time. They seem to realize, way too late, that this is a real problem for tourism, business tourism, Eilat residents, etc.
One solution is to have special shuttles that take you directly from the tarmac to Ichilov, Tel Hashomer, and Beilinson Hospital!
One solution is to have special shuttles that take you directly from the tarmac to Ichilov, Tel Hashomer, and Beilinson Hospital!