Air France has dramatic news for its customers: the company has announced that it will return to fly from Israel and will operate three weekly flights on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with the Airbus 350 aircraft, with the economy class and the luxury classes – business and premium, starting on January 24, 2024.

With the outbreak of the war in Israel, most foreign companies announced the delay of their flights to and from Israel for a limited period. Air France first announced the cancellation of flights until November 10th, 2023, and then extended the delay to a further date. The only airlines that continued to fly during this period were the Israeli companies and a few foreign ones, such as Emirates and Etihad.

Air France is the national company of France and the largest airline in the country, it operates routes to 245 cities in 85 countries, and it employs more than 64,000 people. The company is a member of the Skyteam airline alliance. The company was one of the very few companies that operated the Concorde and also the company currently owns a number of record-breaking aircraft.

Alon Neta, Director of Air France-KLM Sales in Israel: “We are happy to restart Air France flights to and from Israel three times a week. In the first phase, the flights will be operated on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with the Airbus A350 aircraft, which has the luxury classes: business and premium economy”.

This week, the Lufthansa Group returned to operating flights to Israel, Fly Dubai expanded its operations to three flights and announced the addition of the fourth flight as of January 20, and returned to full operations as before the outbreak of the war, while the Greek Aegean will also resume its flights to Israel starting From January 11.