Israel Airports Authority

Israel’s aviation rebounds in 2025 with 33% increase in passengers

Ben Gurion Airport led the resurgence, recording roughly 134,000 takeoffs and landings, up 32 percent from the previous year.

AN EL AL flight takes off, 14 July, 2025,
Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on September 18, 2025.

Ben Gurion Airport's Terminal 3 to undergo NIS 310 m. expansion

An El Al plane in Ben Gurion Airport

Police question boy, 13, for sneaking onto NY-bound flight

 Arkia airplane

Arkia flight succesfully makes emergency landing in Israel after equipment failure


Remotely-controlled Heron UAV lands in Ben-Gurion Airport

The unmanned aircraft took off from Ein Shemer Airfield in Northern Israel, an air force base, landed in Ben-Gurion Airport and then returned to Ein Shemer.

Heron UAV as seen in Ben Gurion Airport

IAA presents airport labs tender that will allow opening the skies

“There’s no doubt Israeli flight must return,” Transportation Minister Miri Regev said, “I got the green go-ahead to do so from the Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu].”

An Israeli flag is seen on the first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, as it lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv

Airport workers briefly halt all flights, protest government inaction

After approximately two hours, the dramatic strike action - impacting both passenger and cargo flights - was postponed.

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