UAE flights
Oct 20, 20, 12:31 am
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UAE flights
Hello
i read that Etihad Emirates Israir and Arkia will fly there soon and that low cost companies might follow. But I did not see elal in any article. Are they supposed to fly there? Among the first airlines to do so?
i read that Etihad Emirates Israir and Arkia will fly there soon and that low cost companies might follow. But I did not see elal in any article. Are they supposed to fly there? Among the first airlines to do so?
Oct 20, 20, 1:54 pm
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Nov 2, 20, 8:37 am
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I see they added DXB to the list of the detsination on the search engine of ELAL's website.
Does anyone know when they will start flying there?
Does anyone know when they will start flying there?
Nov 9, 20, 8:26 am
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I can even book a flight to TLV to LHR (via DXB) for a reasonable price.
Nov 23, 20, 9:51 am
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El al announced 14 weekly flights starting Dec 13 in 739 and 787 aircraft
Opened to booking
$299 Roundtrip
Outbound
TLV 6:00 AM 11:05 AM DXB Sun-Fri
TLV 11:00 AM 4:15 PM DXB Sun -Thu
TLv 9:00 AM 2:05PM DXB Friday
TLV 1:00 PM 6:05 PM DXB Sun Thursday
Nonstop3 hr 05-15 min
Opened to booking
$299 Roundtrip
Outbound
TLV 6:00 AM 11:05 AM DXB Sun-Fri
TLV 11:00 AM 4:15 PM DXB Sun -Thu
TLv 9:00 AM 2:05PM DXB Friday
TLV 1:00 PM 6:05 PM DXB Sun Thursday
Nonstop3 hr 05-15 min
Last edited by ly787; Nov 23, 20 at 10:48 am
Nov 23, 20, 4:54 pm
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Will there actually be enough demand to justify that level of service? Five airlines serving the route is more than serve TLV-NYC! I have a feeling we'll see something of a shakeout next year, with El Al the most likely victim. The UAE carriers can capture a decent amount of connection traffic, Israir/Arkia presumably can offer lower costs and vacation packages, but El Al has a higher cost structure and no real connection network. I guess much will depend on whether El Al can get a decent codeshare deal to piggyback on the Emiratis' networks.
Nov 23, 20, 5:44 pm
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Will there actually be enough demand to justify that level of service? Five airlines serving the route is more than serve TLV-NYC! I have a feeling we'll see something of a shakeout next year, with El Al the most likely victim. The UAE carriers can capture a decent amount of connection traffic, Israir/Arkia presumably can offer lower costs and vacation packages, but El Al has a higher cost structure and no real connection network. I guess much will depend on whether El Al can get a decent codeshare deal to piggyback on the Emiratis' networks.
I think LY will do just fine, they have the corporate contracts and if they get their act together can start to offer unique package deals from Europe to Dubai with a few days stop-over in Israel. They can even offer the same from North America, what would stop them from offering the same from North America? NOTHING.
I think Arkia will be the likely loser here, unfortunately, with E190's it's unlikely that they will be able to compete with the larger aircraft (thus lower p/seat cost).
Nov 23, 20, 6:09 pm
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the daily flights leave at 6 am and 1 pm
And the extra flight is at 11am on Sunday and Thursday
Nov 24, 20, 2:27 am
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All the listings in this thread are ex-TLV. When are the return flights and are there minimum stays? When Covid-19 stops being a factor I think I would like to go to Dubai for two or three days.
