UAL - United Airlines Resumes Direct Flights To Israel First US Carrier To Do So Since Onset Of War With Hamas | Benzinga
United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) has announced plans to restart direct flights to Israel, becoming the first U.S. carrier to do so since the Gaza war in October.
What Happened: United Airlines intends to resume direct flights to Israel in early March, making it the first U.S. airline to do so since the Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, reported Reuters. The other two major U.S. carriers, American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), had also suspended their services to Israel following the attack.
United Airlines, based in Chicago, will restart its flights from Newark to Tel Aviv next month. However, it does not plan to resume flights from other U.S. cities until at least the fall. The airline aims to reinstate daily nonstop service to Tel Aviv from Newark on Mar. 6, using a Boeing 787-10.
Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian, Aegean, and Air France are among other airlines that have restarted flights to Tel Aviv.
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