- Thursday, January 23, 2025
The airline’s website has opened bookings for flights to Tel Aviv from March 2 onwards
By: India Weekly
WITH ceasefire holding up in the north and south of Israel, several major international airlines, including Air India, have announced plans to resume flights to Israel.
“It’s official now. We are resuming flights from March 2, 2025,” a representative for Air India in Israel told PTI.
Several Indians staying in Israel felt a sigh of relief as the Indian carrier’s website opened bookings on the said route.
Travelling to Israel had become challenging with most of the major international airlines cancelling their operations to the Jewish state in view of the war in the north against Hezbollah and in the south against Hamas in Gaza, since October 23, 2023 when the Palestinian Islamic group carried out a brutal attack on the Jewish state.
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire on November 27 which has so far been holding up despite a few hiccups on the way.
Ceasefire in Gaza between Hamas and Israel went into effect on Sunday leading to the exchange of Israeli hostages with Palestinian prisoners, bringing some calm to over fifteen months of fighting in the region. (PTI)
