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


New public transportation lane aims to ease Jerusalem traffic

Jerusalem traffic has been particularly dense after Jerusalem authorities shut one of the primary routes into the city for an estimated three-year period.

Before and after the construction of a new public transportation lane along Jerusalem's Begin Boulevard

As cancellation fines drop, buses tend not to show up

For delays, companies had to pay NIS 500 per delay of greater than 11 minutes until 2009, while they now only have to pay between NIS 53 and NIS 173, depending on the number of delays.

THE JERUSALEM Central Bus Station and its iconic clock face.

Most bus stations in Israel are not friendly to the visually impaired

116 stations were examined: only 18 of them showed in braille which lines stop there, 30 partially featured the bus lines in braille, and 68 had no braille at all.

THE JERUSALEM Central Bus Station and its iconic clock face.

Israel Railways: A tale of failures across the board

The dispute between the management and the union is only the tip of the iceberg of much more complex structural and strategic problems that Israel Railways has faced over the past years.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Israel Katz (front) and employees of China Railway Engineering Corporation take part in an event marking the beginning of underground construction work of the light rail, using a tunnel boring machine, in Tel Aviv in February 2017.

Transportation Ministry to pay drivers to stay off the roads

The pilot program is meant to address the problem of congested roads.

‘DRIVE – YOURSELF – on our highways, especially at rush hour’: Traffic creeps along the Geha Interchange.

Intercity public transportation will be free on election day

An Egged bus in front of the Jerusalem Central Bus Station

Politicians respond to State Comptroller's report on public transportation

"During the Netanyahu's reign, millions of Israelis who use the public transportation 'enjoy' services apt for a Third World country," Avi Gabbay said.

Cars drive on a highway as a train enters a station in Tel Aviv, Israel November 25, 2018

Via partners with Dan to launch smart Tel Aviv transport service

Users will be able to order the shuttle from a Bubble smartphone application, and will then be requested to head to a nearby bus station, where they will be collected by a Bubble vehicle.

A depiction of a shuttle service provided by Bubble, a joint initiative of Via and Dan.

Israel Railways' roller coaster ride

According to Ayalon, Israel Railways is currently facing a shortage of approximately 150 train carriages to adequately fulfill the demand of the network.

An Israel Railways train.

‘Israel can be land bridge to Middle East,' Israeli minister says in Oman

US special Jason Greenblatt issued two tweets in support of the rail plan and highlighting Katz’s presence in Oman.

Transportation and Intelligence Minister Israel Katz in Oman.