El Al orders nine 787 Dreamliners from Boeing
Air Transport Airlines
01.11.15
El Al orders nine 787 Dreamliners from Boeing
The deal is estimated at US$2.2 billion, as the carrier will lease six more planes from private leasing firms
Air Canada 787 suffers lightning strike on approach to TLV
Air Transport Airlines
01.11.15
Air Canada 787 suffers lightning strike on approach to TLV
As a result, the pilot made an 180 degree turn and landed in Cyprus and the passengers were all transferred to hotels
Ryanair to begin flights to Ovda, Eilat in November 2015
Air Transport Airlines
01.11.15
Ryanair to begin flights to Ovda, Eilat in November 2015
The carrier will offer two weekly flights from Budapest, Kaunas (Lithuania), and Krakow (Poland)
easyJet launched its new Amsterdam-Tel Aviv route
Air Transport Airlines
01.11.15
easyJet launched its new Amsterdam-Tel Aviv route
The company will offer three weekly flights. easyJet is now the second most active international airline in Israel after Turkish Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines halts summer flight to Israel from March 2016
Air Transport Airlines
25.10.15
Scandinavian Airlines halts summer flight to Israel from March 2016
The company said that the Tel Aviv route was expensive to operate in stiff competition, although a 25% passenger increase this year
Exemption granted to the CASS permit in Israel
Air Transport Airlines
25.10.15
Exemption granted to the CASS permit in Israel
Israel's Anti-Trust Authority extended on 20 October 2015 the exemption granted to IATA regarding the operation and management of the Cargo Account Settlement Systems
Delta plane loses a back wheel, brake parts on takeoff from Ben Gurion Airport
Air Transport Airlines
18.10.15
Delta plane loses a back wheel, brake parts on takeoff from Ben Gurion Airport
Despite the missing components, the plane landed safely at New York's JFK airport
CAL Cargo Airlines received IATA's CEIV Pharma certification
Air Transport Airlines
11.10.15
CAL Cargo Airlines received IATA's CEIV Pharma certification
the CAL Group is the first group to have a certified pharmaceutical logistics program throughout its logistics hub at Liege Airport
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