Ben-Gurion Airport is Israel's main international airport, and is the busiest one in the country. Originally named Lod Airport in 1948, it was renamed after Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion in 1973.
Located on the outskirts of the city of Lod, 15KM from Tel Aviv, the airport is operated by the Israel Airports Authority, a government-owned corporation responsible for all public airports and border crossings in the country.
The two operational terminals at the airport are Terminal one and Terminal three.
Terminal one was the main building in Ben-Gurion Airport before the opening of Terminal three, upon which it was closed except for domestic and government flights. Between 2010-2017 the terminal was used for check-in, security screening, and passport control for low-cost international flights, although the flights themselves departed from Terminal 3. Since 2017, the low-cost flights have departed from Terminal one after extensive renovations. Terminal Three has been the main international gateway in and out of Israel since it opened in October 2004.
Ben-Gurion International Airport is thought to be the world's most secure airport, with vehicles going through a preliminary security gate before even entering the compound. Armed personal are positioned around the building, and both uniformed and plainclothes security officers patrol the inside of the building.
Walla News conducted an investigation into the messy taxi situation at Ben-Gurion Airport, and the results may not be to your liking.
The suspects, five men and two women in their 20s, attempted to smuggle 44 bottles of the GBL drug into Israel.
The photos included an image of US Airways Flight 1549, which made an emergency landing in the Hudson River, along with the phrase "I hope we all die" written in Arabic.
The minister was accompanied by the director-general of the Aliyah and Integration Ministry, Dganit Sankar-Langa, for a professional tour of Ben-Gurion Airport.
Miri Regev is back in the Transportation Ministry and threatens to undo a number of her predecessor's infrastructure projects.
COVID infections have swept across China since November, with as many as 9,000 death caused by the virus each day.
Airport passengers told to lie on the ground due to security breach • Driver shot near Terminal 3
Police seized decks of cards, tables, chips and tens of thousands of shekels in cash.
Efi Nave was sentenced to a two-month suspended sentence for violation of customs border security at Ben-Gurion Airport in 2018.
The launch of the new flight route between Lagos and Tel Aviv, while not officially confirmed as of yet, could come as early as next month.
JPOST Digital Library
