Ministry of transport

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,
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture

WATCH: Hackers hijack digital bus stop screens in several Israeli cities, play Arabic audio

Haifa Airport.

Israel's oldest airport upgraded with a NIS 25 million investment

View of the Israel Railways train near the southern Israeli city of Sderot, July 21, 2025.

Damage to electrical infrastructure in Tel Aviv area disrupts train traffic


Autonomous vehicle testing may be coming to Israel

New legislation promoted by Transportation Minister Miri Regev, could finally allow autonomous vehicle testing without a human driver being present in the vehicle during testing.

Miri  Regev

Public transport forum warns of switching to 'survival mode' in 10 days

Once this period ends, the companies will be forced to transfer to 'survival mode,' including substantial reductions to operations

Passengers wait for a bus to Tel Aviv at a crowded Jerusalem central bus station during the coronavirus crisis. May 5, 2020.

Public transportation safety questioned amid Israel's reopening

Temperatures are not checked on buses or at bus stops and no one is responsible for making sure masks are on correctly, at least initially.

Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich on the direct Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Savidor train line

Buses to allow 75% capacity starting Thursday, trains return in June

Intercity buses will increase from 23 passengers to 46 passengers, and urban buses will increase from 20 to 49 passengers. Taxis will allow two people at a time.

Passengers wait for a bus to Tel Aviv at a crowded Jerusalem central bus station during the coronavirus crisis. May 5, 2020.

Miri Regev, first female transport minister, fires D-G on maternity leave

Israel's first female transportation minister, Likud MK Miri Regev, garnered criticism early Friday morning for firing director-general Keren Turner-Eyal while on maternity leave.

Miri  Regev

Israel to build a rail line from Ben-Gurion Airport to the Western Wall

Trains that run from Beersheba through Lod to Tel Aviv will resume operation, including on motzei Shabbat and weeknights.

The first direct train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (December 21, 2019).

Rav-Kav travel card is leaving the station, replaced by apps, bracelets

The new system will monitor how users travel and will choose the cheapest option based on their travel at the end of each month.

Rav Kav 521

Bus strike cancelled as Smotrich promises funds will be transferred

Starting on Sunday or Monday, additional companies will join Kaviim in ceasing operations, including Dan, Afikim, Superbus, Netiv Express, Dan North and Dan South.

Barriers at a bus stop on Keren Hayesod Street

Rav Kav travel card to allow use of stored value in Judea and Samaria

Up until now, the stored value could not be used in Judea and Samaria, due to the already discounted fare in the region.

The Rav Kav smartcard

Yeshiva students to get same public transport discounts as uni students

‘First equate responsibilities of yeshiva and university students, including getting a job, before equating rights,’ says religious pluralism group

‘WITHIN ANY arrangement in Israel it is critical to ensure that no one is forced to work on Shabbat, as in the case of bus drivers or construction workers.’