In just three weeks, 14 leading airlines have announced the resumption of their Israel operations with the addition of hundreds of weekly flights at Ben Gurion airport. The announcements of renewal of services began with low-cost carriers Wizz Air and Ryanair, and subsequently easyJet, which announced the addition of flights to Europe. Next in line was the Lufthansa Group, which has made it easier to fly between Israel and major European cities such as Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna, after access to them was limited.

Other major European airlines such as British Airways and Air France quickly followed, and even Delta Airlines, which, due to being an American long-haul company, we expected to return last – all announced that they would return. Air India, which was the last of the Asian airlines to join the latest wave of cancellations, also announced that it would resume operations in March.

The return to Israel of all these airlines opens a window of opportunity to purchase tickets at more attractive prices. The reason is that companies that return to the market tend to market the first seats on each flight at low prices, in accordance with the pricing algorithms used in the aviation industry, with the more seats on the plane are sold, the higher the fare. This is why airlines that have gained trust during the war are pricing their tickets higher, because the supply of seats remaining on flights is lower since Israelis have been preferring them over carriers that were quicker to cancel; flights to Israel when the security situation escalated.

Low-cost airlines are also returning with attractive fares, and you can find direct flight return tickets to various destinations in Europe at particularly affordable prices, some for less than 200 USD.