The new Israeli airline Air Haifa will return its planes to Haifa from the 22nd of this month, with flights to Eilat and Larnaca in Cyprus. Flights from Haifa will be renewed thanks to the removal of some wartime domestic flight restrictions, including restrictions on flying from Hadera northwards, which will allow Haifa Airport to return to full activity.
Haifa Air had planned to operate from Haifa Airport but was forced to operate from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport due to the closure of airspace from Hadera northward at the end of September. The airline began operations at that time and thus expanded its offer of flights to Larnaca at a time when foreign airlines fled Israel. The company initially operated flights to Ramon Airport in Eilat as well, but after two weeks it focused its activity on flights to Larnaca in order to secure regular air connections to Israel.
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Air Haifa’s co-founders include Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk, Strauss Group CEO Shai Babad, former El Al CEO Gonen Ussishkin, who is the CEO of the new airline, former El Al Chief Commercial Officer Michael Strassberger, and former CEO of ZIM Ravi Daniele.
“Globes” found that on the Haifa Air website, flights can be booked to Ramon Airport and to Larnaca starting at $157, one way, for the months of December 2024 and January 2025.
The Israel Airports Authority said in a statement: “Due to the ceasefire agreement, most restrictions on flight routes in Israel have been removed, including routes to Haifa Airport. The airport is returning to operations similar to the situation before the war.” Rosh Pina Airport will reopen on January 1, 2025.
Published by Globes, Israel Business News – en.globes.co.il – on December 3, 2024.
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