Israel To Remain Closed To Most Foreign Nationals Through Shavuos And Then Will Reopen For Vaccinated Organized Tour Groups
Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced that Israel will continue the next phase in its reopening process on May 23rd...
IHG Losing 4 Hotels In Israel; Roundup Of Remaining Point Hotels In Israel
The pandemic has been tough on the hospitality industry worldwide, but especially in Israel where most foreign nationals have been locked out of the...
[Update: Rules Confirmed] Finally! Israel Begins Reopening With Entry Allowed For Vaccinated Or Recovered Relatives And More!
Update: The Israeli consulate in NY confirmed with me that my interpretation of the rules is correct, there is no need for a special...
Israel News: All Students Can Enter, Ben Gurion Railway Station Reopens, El Al To Fly Nonstop To Phuket!
Chaim V'Chessed reports that Israel is finally reopening to all students. That includes single students and new students who have been locked out of...
[Update: Returning Families With Kids Also Allowed To Return, Foreign Nationals Ban Extended] Israel Will Allow Returning Students To Enter The Country After Pesach,...
Update, 3/31: Chaim V'Chessed reports that returning families with kids who were not vaccinated or recovered will be allowed into Israel.
Israel's latest NOTAM bans...
Iceland Is Now Open For Fully Vaccinated Travelers, When Will Israel Follow?
Iceland is now open to travelers that have been fully vaccinated with Pfizer/BioNTech (2 doses at least 19 days apart), Moderna (2 doses at...
Israeli Government Will Prepay For $210 Million Of El Al Tickets!
While airlines across the globe received truly massive bailouts with few strings attached, the Israeli government hasn't offered that kind of assistance to their...
United Closes Sales From Washington DC-Tel Aviv Through October; Newark-Tel Aviv Downgauge
United has closed sales of flights between Washington DC and Tel Aviv through at least October 30th.
Whether United will resume this route remains an...
No, United Isn’t Cancelling All Of Their Flights To And From Israel Through March 20th, Despite News To The Contrary
Update, 3/9: United is reinstating and planning to operate afternoon flight UA84 from Newark to Tel Aviv on March 16 and 17. They are...
Will Ben Gurion Airport Close Again After Israel’s Election Until The Summer?
Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport closed on January 26th and operations have been non-existent or limited since then.
Israel is holding their 4th election in less...
Israel Won’t Allow Returning Students Back Into The Country Until At Least April 5th
Israel has updated their rules for who can enter the country to say that returning students won't be allowed in until at least April...
Israel Will Remain Closed To Foreign Nationals Through At Least March 20th, Airport Now Open To Flights From 8 Airports
Israel has published NOTAMs laying out their new rules that apply from now through March 20th:
They have extended the ban on most...
WOW! Goodbye Air Sinai? EgyptAir Applies To Fly 21 Weekly Flights Between Cairo And Tel Aviv!
Nonstop service to Cairo is mandated as part of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, but EgyptAir has operated Air Sinai as a...
Israel Will Gradually Reopen Ben Gurion Airport Starting On Sunday, But Questions Remain
Israel will gradually reopen Ben Gurion Airport starting on Sunday.
The exact details remain murky and are subject to change as the plans are not...
Royal Caribbean Will Offer (Nearly) Fully Vaccinated Cruises From Israel In May!
Perhaps no industry has been as devastated during the COVID-19 pandemic as the cruise industry. The writing was on the wall ever since the...
Will Ben Gurion Airport Remain Closed Until After Pesach?
Israel's Ben Gurion Airport has been closed since January 26th.
Israel's Channel 12 reports that senior officials are saying that the airport will remain closed...
Israel Shuts Down Hotel Quarantine Yet Again
It seems like every day there are changes in Israel's flight and quarantine policies. The country has flip-flopped so many times on regulations that...
Under Pressure, Israel Will Allow Foreign Carriers To Operate Rescue Flights And Approve 2,000 Incoming Passengers Per Day
On Thursday I wrote about the US DOT's demand that US airlines be allowed to operate passenger flights to Tel Aviv.
Israel doesn't have much...
[Update: Airport Closure Extended For 1 Week, Hotel Quarantine Required For Rescue Flights] Israel Will Close Ben Gurion Airport Through At Least The End...
Update, 1/31: The airport will remain closed through at least next Sunday and a hotel quarantine will be required for anyone who arrives into Israel...
Israel Won’t Open Borders To Foreign Nationals Through At Least March 1st
Israel has extended its ban on foreign nationals who don't have special permission to enter the country through at least 9:59pm on March 1st...
Will Israel Close Ben Gurion Airport Until March?!?
Prime Minister Netanyahu is demanding the immediate closure of Ben Gurion Airport due to fast spreading variants of COVID-19.
This isn't the first time that...
[Updated With Schedule For JFK-Tel Aviv And JFK-Athens] American Will Launch JFK-Tel Aviv Nonstop Flights On May 7th!
Update: American has released the schedule for their new JFK-Tel Aviv year-round flight starting 5/7 and for their new JFK-Athens seasonal flight, which will...
Air France Will Fly Widebody Planes To Tel Aviv!
Connecting in Europe to Israel has long meant switching to a narrowbody plane for a relatively long flight. If you flew across the pond...
Israel Will Require Negative COVID-19 PCR To Enter Country, Extends Lockdown
As the UK variant of COVID-19 sweeps across the country, Israel is hitting a record number of daily COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Israel will extend...
[Update: Extended Through October!] Delta Is Now Selling Business Class Suites And Premium Economy Between JFK And Tel Aviv!
Update, 1/18/21: Delta's schedules now show the A330-900 with Delta One Suites operating through 10/29/21 on their late evening flights 234/235 to/from JFK and...
Israel Requiring Quarantine Hotels For Passengers Coming From The UAE Or Brazil, Begins Issuing Green Passports, May Require COVID Test For Entry
Israel's on again and off again quarantine hotels have been reinstated for passengers returning from the UAE or Brazil. That's due to the South...
Netanyahu: Israel Will Be Able To Vaccinate Everyone Before Pesach!
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a deal with Pfizer that will allow Israel to vaccinate the majority of Israelis 16 and older within a matter...
United Pares Back Their Tel Aviv Flight Schedule Again
Last month I reported that United was temporarily suspending flights between Chicago and Washington DC-Tel Aviv.
United has extended the suspension of those routes through...
Israel’s Latest Lockdown Rules Prohibit Ticket Purchases After Tonight, Freezes Entry Permits For Single Students
Israel goes back into full lockdown tonight for 2 weeks as COVID cases skyrocket and threaten to set new daily records there. The lockdown...
Israel Allowing Student Re-entry; Will Issue “Green Passport” To People Who Have Been Vaccinated Or Recovered From COVID-19
Chaim V’Chessed reports that Israel will once again honor and issue entry permission for unmarried people with student visas to return to Israel after...
Israel Ditches COVID Hotel Quarantine Requirement, Hopes To Open To Some Foreigners In April
Another day, another rule change for Israel entry requirements.
Just a week ago, Israel started requiring everyone returning to Israel to enter a COVID hotel...
Are The Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem’s Days Numbered?
Calcalist reports that the Jeremy Blank and the York Foundation have foreclosed on the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem and that shares of the hotel have...
Will Royal Air Maroc Offer Dreamliner Service Between Casablanca And Tel Aviv Starting In Just 2 Weeks?
Moroccan news site Le360 cites sources saying that Royal Air Maroc will fly 4 weekly nonstop flights between Casablanca And Tel Aviv starting on...
Israel Won’t Open Borders To Foreign Nationals Through At Least February 1st
Israel has extended its ban on foreign nationals who don't have special permission to enter the country through at least 9:59pm on February 1st...
[Update: Parents Of Young Children Can Skip Hotel Quarantine And More Exceptions] Israel Revokes Entry Permission For All Foreigners Due To COVID-19 Mutation, Will...
Update, 12/22: Israel's channel 12 is reporting that parents of children under 10 can request permission to quarantine at home instead of in a...
Israel Bans Foreigners From Flying From UK To Israel Due To COVID-19 Mutation, Will Send Returning Citizens To COVID Hotels For Quarantine
A COVID-19 mutation is spreading rapidly across the UK, which has sent that country back to tier 4 lockdowns. Viruses constantly undergo mutations, but...
Israel Will Require Quarantine Upon Return From All Countries
Israel currently has a system where countries are labeled red or green. While foreigners have not been allowed into Israel without a qualified exemption...
Israel And Morocco Will Establish Full Diplomatic Relations, Opening An Excellent New Flight Route To The Holy Land!
President Trump announced that Israel and Morocco have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations!
This comes after historic agreements with Bahrain, Sudan, and the United...
[Update: UAE Will Remain Green] Israel Will Require Quarantine From The UAE, Finland, And Uruguay
Update: Under diplomatic pressure, Israel has reversed course and will continue to designate the UAE as a green country.
Ynet is reporting that Israel is...
United Suspends Service On A 2nd Route To Israel
United started flying between Chicago and Tel Aviv in September and resumed service between Washington DC and Tel Aviv in October.
With Israel's borders remaining...
