For the first time since the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel, United Airlines will once again offer flights to Tel Aviv out of Chicago’s O’Hare International and Washington Dulles International airports.
The airline’s decision to lift the suspension of service was made in an announcement on Thursday.
“The resumption of these flights underscores United’s longstanding commitment to Tel Aviv,” said Patrick Quayle, United’s senior vice president of Global Network Planning and Alliances.
Ultra Orthodox Jewish men walk with their luggage at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, on June 25. APUnited has already completed more flights to Tel Aviv this year than any other US airline, it said in a press release.
Two Tel Aviv-bound flights also depart airports in New York and Newark daily. Those flights resumed in July.
Major US airlines suspended flights to and from Israel after the Jewish state declared war on Hamas following Oct. 7.
“United’s service to Tel Aviv always follows a detailed assessment of operational, safety, and security considerations in the region,” reads the press release.
A United Airlines plane seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv in 2021. Bloomberg via Getty ImagesUnited will be the only US airline operating flights between Tel Aviv and both Chicago and Washington D.C.
Flights from Chicago begin Nov. 1 and will operate four times per week, while flights from the nation’s capital begin the following day and will operate three times per week.
Delta Airlines resumed flights between Tel Aviv and New York’s JFK airport on Monday, with seven weekly flights.
With Post wires
