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Airline pilots fear retribution over refusing to fly in Middle East, aviators' group says

Airline pilots express widespread safety concerns flying in the Middle East during the Iran conflict, fearing retribution from airlines for refusing high-risk assignments.

An Emirates aircraft is seen through the window of a Middle East Airlines airplane at Cairo International Airport, March 31, 2026; illustrative.
The 250th Wizz Air aircraft.

Wizz Air celebrates: 250th aircraft takes off on the way to a 500-plane fleet

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Wizz Air CEO: Our plan is to establish a base in Israel in April

 Carrier named airline of the year 2025 by AirlineRatings.com.

Norwegian airline to resume Copenhagen-Tel Aviv route from April


Trend Expands: European Airlines Considering Passenger Weighing

Finland's national airline, Finnair, announced that it will consider weighing its passengers on flights departing from Helsinki Airport.


Finnish Airline will start weighing people before flights

Taking accurate weight measurements can increase passenger safety on flights. 

 FAT-SHAMING is just one of the problems with the ‘Family First’ ad, which also ‘singles-shames.’

"Whirlwind Tourism": Israelis Flock to Short Vacations in Europe

"We are seeing a phenomenon of 'whirwind tourism', when the number of Israelis going on short vacations abroad is gradually increasing," Hila Hermolin-Ronen - VP of Israir Company - tells "Maariv"


The skies reopen: which airlines are returning? And where can we fly to?

Despite months of being outside the world's destination map, the trend of returning to Israel continues. Today, four more airlines are returning to us and landing in the country.


These are the airlines returning to Israel - and those that are not

Many airlines froze their routes to Israel because of the war with Hamas, but are now finding their way back to the Holy Land

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Travel to Israel will take time to recover, country must focus on winning war - opinion

Antisemitism may have come to the surface in places where we thought it would never again exist, but taking a trip or a pilgrimage to Israel is not the antidote Diaspora Jews are seeking.

 PICTURES OF HOSTAGES being held by Hamas in Gaza are displayed at Ben-Gurion Airport last week.

Lufthansa Group to resume flights to Israel

In this first phase of reopening, the Lufthansa Group will offer a total of 20 weekly routes to and from Tel Aviv.

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Israel-Hamas war: Which airlines will fly to and from Israel now? - opinion

TRAVEL ADVISER: The sky is not falling; the war will end. Airlines will return to Israel. How soon until we hear the normal complaints of high prices and poor service remains a mystery.

 WILL BEN-GURION Airport return to its normally busy activity in the coming weeks and months?

Israir launches yellow-ribbon campaign to bring Hamas hostages home

.The objective is to spotlight the issue of the hostages not only in Israel but also on a global scale.


Foreign aircrews refuse to fly to Israel as hundreds of Israelis stranded abroad

Israeli passengers have seen flights diverted and downright canceled as they seek to get home amid the war in Israel.

El Al Israel Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2020.