Air India to launch flights between New Delhi and Tel Aviv, Israel

Air India will launch non-stop flights between New Delhi and Tel Aviv, Israel on 22 March.

The airline will operate the route with Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft three times per week every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Air India’s B787 has 18 business class seats and 238 economy class seats.

The aircraft will depart from New Delhi at 16:50 and arrive in Tel Aviv at 20:25. On its return leg, the plane will depart from Tel Aviv at 22:15 and land in Delhi the next day at 09:00. The flight time is approximately 7 hours and 10 minutes.

Hassan Madah, Director, Israel Ministry of Tourism India and Philippines said, “In light of the significant increase in incoming tourism from India over the past few years, the Ministry of Tourism has been in talks with Air India and other airlines to increase their flights and seat capacity into Israel. Air India’s direct flight connectivity from New Delhi to Tel Aviv is great news especially with its shorter flight duration and the airline’s strong domestic network within the country. With direct flights now from both Mumbai and New Delhi by El Al and Air India respectively; this will help meet the growing demand and enable us to achieve our target of 1 lakh Indian arrivals in 2018.”

In addition to Air India, Israel’s national carrier El Al currently has four weekly nonstop flights from Mumbai to Tel Aviv and will soon increase its frequency.