British Airways to resume flights to Israel on August 13
This announcement sees British Airways join with fellow UK-based airlines Easy Jet and WizzAir in having flights scheduled between Britain and the Jewish state.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFThe G-EUPH British Airways Airbus A319-131 makes its final approach for landing at Toulouse-Blagnac airport, France(photo credit: REUTERS)
British Airways is set to resume flights to Israel with a new triweekly schedule starting Thursday, the company announced on Monday, according to the Jewish Chronicle.The flights from London’s Heathrow Airport will run every Sunday, Monday and Thursday, with the flights for Thursday, August 13, and Sunday, August 16, costing £369, according to the airline’s website. Flying on Thursday, August 27, costs £227.Fellow UK-based airlines easyJet and WizzAir already have flights scheduled between Britain and Israel, with the former offering its own triweekly schedule and the latter operating one flight per week, the report said.British Airways flights between London and Tel Aviv were canceled in March due to restrictions put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the situation has changed, and several countries are allowing flights from countries that have the pandemic under better control.Israel is slated to begin reopening inbound travel on August 16. However, it is unclear if foreign travelers will be forced into a mandatory 14-day quarantine, as are travelers from Israel arriving in the UK.Currently, all foreigners with the exception of students are barred from entering Israel. The situation may change when travel is reopened, and Israelis returning from countries with low infection rates would no longer need to be quarantined for 14 days.
