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The specific airport destination within New York—either JFK or Newark—has not been disclosed. The decision will depend on various factors such as fees and charges, competition levels, slot availability at JFK, congestion at Newark during required timeslots, ground handling agreements, and other logistical considerations. Given that JFK hosts most Tel Aviv flights including Arkia's recent entry some speculate that Israir might favor Newark.
This would mark Israir's second endeavor into the US market; according to DOT records it previously operated flights to JFK until2008 using leased Boeing767-300ERs from Icelandairand anA330-200from Eurofly
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A look at NYC-Tel Aviv: July2025
In July2025,four airlines--Arkia,DeltalElAl,andUnited--plan services between GreaterNYCareaandTelAvivwithIsrairasapotentialadditionUnitedwillresumeNewarkflightsonMarch15followedbyDelta''sJFKservice startingAprilThereisnoindicationyetwhenAmericanAirlineswillreturnAccordingtoCiriumDiiodataforJuly,thepeakmonth,scheduleshow146584roundtripnonstopseatsbetweenGreaterNYCandTelAvivDespite reports suggesting otherwise this representsa7increasecomparedtoJuly2023withover10000additionalseatsavailablesale
Related:The40NewUS-EuropeRoutesBeginningThisSummerOverhalfhaveneverbserved
WhereisthecapacityshortfallCurrentdatashowsMarch2025havingthirdfewerseatscomparedMarch2023HoweverforSummerperiodwhenIsrairseeksflyfiguresdifferSignificantlynumerousEuropeanoperatorshaventyetreturnedIsraeltheypreviouslyprovidedessentialconnectivityincludingUSBookingdatasuggestsapproximately15passengersaroundonesevenconnectedrouteUp10dailyflightsJulyexcludingIsrairWhennonstopcarriersJulyincludedTelAvivcurrentlyhasbetween threetendailydeparturesNewYorkJFKNewarkThreedailyservicesFridayfiveSaturdaynineWednesdaytenremainingdaysOfcourseIsrairstatedsixweeklyawaitofficialannouncementArkiaethreeweeklyJFK A330neoleasedIberojetDeltadailyJFK A330neoElAl33weekly22JFK787978711Newark787978UniteddoubledailyNewark78710
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