After five months: the low-cost giant EasyJet announced today (Friday) that it will resume its flights to and from Israel starting March 25.
In the meantime, the company will fly to London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Geneva, Basel and Milan. Flights to the other destinations should return this October. As you know, the airline stopped flying to Israel with the outbreak of the war and was supposed to return about a week ago, but the date was postponed.
EasyJet's return comes against the backdrop of Rainier's wholesale cancellation of flights to Israel in the coming year. Brainair claimed that the main reason for the cancellation is that the airport authority did not authorize the airline to use Terminal 3 and pay passengers the reduced port taxes of Terminal 1.
Despite this, the reason for Rainier's cancellation is still very puzzling, since anyway the port taxes are paid by the passengers, meaning us, which would have made the ticket more expensive for us by only $15. In any case, the airline Wizz Air also returned at the beginning of the month and operates in Terminal 3.
"We are deeply disappointed by the refusal of the airport to reopen Terminal 1 for low-cost flights, where normally operates," said CEO Eddie Wilson, "We don't care if the airport forces us to move our flights to Terminal 3 for a temporary period Because of the large decrease in traffic from/to Tel Aviv, but it should be done at the agreed Terminal 1 prices."