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Bomb threat on Delta flight from New York ends with all-clear at Ben Gurion Airport

Passengers disembarked safely and the aircraft was moved to a remote parking area; security searches found nothing unusual and normal operations resumed

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 10.13.26

Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Ben Gurion terminal after two scouting flights, UAE says

UAE attorney general confirms Omani co-pilot planned to crash jet into Ben Gurion Airport to cause maximum casualties; radicalized in Australia in 2017 and inspired by 9/11, he allegedly used earlier flights to scout the target before attacking the captain

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies | 10.09.26

Iberia returns to Israel as LOT opens new Bangkok route for travelers

Spanish carrier resumes Tel Aviv-Madrid service Oct. 25, while LOT adds Warsaw-Bangkok flights that could offer Israelis another route to Thailand after Flydubai’s suspension

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 10.09.26

1,240 aircrew members from countries with no ties to Israel entered over past year

The pilot-terrorist from Oman was certainly not the first; foreign crew members who entered Israel include Syrians and Lebanese; Regev calls for passenger and crew lists to be submitted 48 hours before flights following attempted flydubai hijacking

Amir Ettinger, Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 10.06.26

המחבל המאם אל המאמי לאחר שדקר ונתפס על ידי הנוסעים במטוס

Flydubai hijacker planned to crash plane into Ben Gurion Airport, Israeli officials say

Investigation finds Omani co-pilot allegedly targeted Israel before joining airline and planned backup strike on US base in Jordan; Netanyahu orders review of foreign aviation security after years of warnings over gaps

Itamar Eichner | 10.04.26

First Israeli repatriation flight from Dubai lands at Ben Gurion after Flydubai crisis

Arkia flight arrives after dispute over passengers’ luggage delayed the operation; Israir is set to follow as an Emirati source accuses Israel of politicizing the crisis

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 10.03.26

המפגש של הגיבור יניב חיון של טיסת הבלהות פליי דובאי עם ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו

‘I grabbed him, choked him and pulled the controls’: Israeli recounts Flydubai cockpit fight

Yaniv Hayun, who returned to Israel with blood on his shirt, says he dragged the suspected attacker from the cockpit, then used his aviation experience to pull back on the controls until another pilot took over

Itamar Eichner | 09.30.26

Flydubai plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport

After hours of terror, 174 Flydubai passengers finally land at Ben Gurion Airport

The passengers, including 27 children and Israelis who helped overpower the suspected attacker, return after an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia; some initially refused another Flydubai flight but boarded after Riyadh rejected an Israeli rescue aircraft

ynet correspondents | 09.30.26

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Flydubai kept flying to Israel through war. Now a suspected cockpit attack threatens that bond

The Emirati carrier launched Tel Aviv service after the Abraham Accords, carried more than 800,000 passengers through Ben Gurion last year and at times operated 10 daily flights each way; the suspected terror attack aboard FZ1073 now puts that relationship under unprecedented strain

Roy Elman | 09.30.26

Minute by minute: how suspected Flydubai cockpit attack unfolded en route to Tel Aviv

Flight FZ1073 took off normally before plunging more than 14,000 feet, transmitting emergency and hijack codes and diverting to Saudi Arabia; passenger testimony describes a knife attack, a struggle in the cockpit and Israelis helping subdue the suspect

Elisha Ben Kimon, Itamar Eichner | 09.30.26

Revital Ackerman, a personal aliyah adviser with the Aliyah and Integration Ministry

From new oleh to Israeli: The journey after aliyah

As families and young adults arrive from abroad, Aliyah and Integration Ministry adviser Revital Ackerman focuses on what comes next: helping new olim find work, settle their families and build a sense of belonging in Israel

Lia Ziskovich-Rahman | 09.09.26

Wizz Air adds 46 weekly Tel Aviv flights, restores London and Venice routes

Low-cost carrier brings back five routes and boosts service to 11 destinations, including Budapest, Milan, Rome and Athens, as international traffic at Ben Gurion Airport continues to recover

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 09.07.26

Six draft evaders caught at Ben Gurion Airport trying to fly to Uman

The six were stopped while trying to leave Israel despite outstanding military draft orders; dozens of Breslov Hasidim have been detained at Ben Gurion Airport and the Taba crossing in recent weeks while attempting to reach Uman

Shilo Freid, Meir Turgeman | 09.02.26

After August chaos, Ben Gurion Airport braces for Jewish High Holidays travel surge

About 2.5 million passengers are expected at Ben Gurion in September, with roughly 100,000 travelers and 600 flights on the busiest days as the airport adds staff and reinforces operations following August’s severe disruptions and delays

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 08.31.26

Ben Gurion travel nightmare: which airlines kept passengers waiting longest?

More than 1,850 flights departed between Aug. 19 and 25, but only 6.7% left within 15 minutes of schedule; Terminal 3 averaged 94-minute delays, while Blue Bird Airways reached 2 hours and 40 minutes

Hofit Cohen Ulay, Calcalist | 08.27.26

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