British low-cost airline easyJet introduced as we speak that it could prolong the suspension of its Israel flights to the top of the winter season, and would renew them solely in direction of the summer time of 2026. That is the longest interval of suspension by a international airline for the reason that begin of the warfare with Iran. In keeping with the announcement, the choice was made with the purpose of proving certainty to prospects.
The transfer is dramatic, however unsurprising, given the airline’s conduct for the reason that begin of the preventing within the area. easyJet cancelled its flights to Israel in 2023, and since then has repeatedly prolonged the interval of cancellation, with none interval of renewed exercise.
The corporate’s extension of the cancellation of its flights comes after a number of international airways have introduced ahead the resumption of their Israel operations, amongst them United Airways, Wizz Air, and the Lufthansa Group. This week, Aegean and Air Europa additionally returned to flying to Israel.
Vote of no confidence in Israel
easyJet had deliberate to return to Israel in early June, however following the hit by a Houthi missile on Ben Gurion Airport its return was postponed to the top of July. Then got here Operation Rising Lion., the twelve-day warfare with Iran, and the airline postponed its return till the top of October.
Now the airline has introduced an extra postponement till the top of the winter, signaling that it doesn’t intend to renew its Israel operations earlier than the Spring of 2026, on the earliest, thus expressing a insecurity within the capacity to plan exercise in Israel upfront.
The locations to which easyJet initially deliberate to function embrace London (Luton Airport), Amsterdam, Berlin, Basel, Geneva, and Milan. Its cancellation leaves the Israeli airways as unique operators on high-demand routes. At current, it’s potential to fly from Israel to Amsterdam solely with El Al and Arkia; to Berlin with El Al and Israir; to London, following the cancellation of flights by British Airways till the top of October, with El Al and Arkia solely, though Wizz Air is because of be a part of them on the finish of this month.
Milan can be reachable with all three primary Israeli airways, due to Israir’s addition of the route for August. The routes to Basel and Geneva additionally stay the unique province of the Israeli airways. The airways say that demand is sky-high. There are nearly no vacationer class seats left on El Al flights to those locations in August.
Printed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on July 15, 2025.
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