The first station at Ben Gurion Airport was reopened yesterday on local flights, while international flights will start using the station from Sunday 30 March.
Sundarry Sun D'or has already announced that after the full operations of Station 1, the low -cost “home airline”, where airport taxes are less compared to Station 3, and will love all passengers who bought tickets to get a $ 16 recovery. In addition, ticket prices that are sold according to that. Other companies that use the 1 israir, Arkia, Wizz Air, Ryanair and Easyjet station.
Although the Israel Airports Authority announced several months ago that station 1 will reopen it by the beginning of April, Sun d'or sells tickets at prices at Station 3 because there was no complete certainty of reopening the station as planned.
Now, with the confirmation of its opening, it is also expected that other Israeli airlines will make the taxi adjustments according to the reduction of operating costs at Station 1, if they have implemented prices based on the costs of station 3.
1,400 international flights from Station 1 will come out in April
The station has been closed twice since the beginning of the war. After the war, the station was first closed, due to the sharp decrease in the number of passengers and the activity of airlines at Ben Gurion Airport. Building 1 was reopened in June 2024, but after several months of normal operation, it was closed again in front of international flights due to an escalation in the fighting. In November, the station was also closed in front of local flights, and in recent months, renewal and development work has been carried out there. After reopening, during the month of April, about 1,400 international flights from building 1, or about 25 % of all flights outside Ben Gurion Airport.
Station 1 closing during the war disturbs low -cost airlines, some of which insisted that even reopen it will not fly to Israel. The Irish Airlines Ryanair was especially explicit in this matter, and refused to work from Building 3, claiming that the high airport taxes imposed do not correspond to its business model.
The gap in the taxes imposed on the two stations at Ben Gurion Airport from the most comprehensive services provided by the Israel Airports Authority at Station 3, which includes a larger area of free from customs duties and a larger passenger hall, which leads to high operating costs.
However, there are also those in the tourist industry who refuse to criticize Riannaire, claiming that these are minimal costs that are ultimately transferred to passengers, with a difference between the taxes imposed on less than 20 dollars.
It was published by Globes, Israel Business News – En.globes.co.il – on March 27, 2025.
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