Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are both set to resume flights to Tel Aviv later this month, with the Atlanta-based carrier saying that it had come to the conclusion that it was safe to have crew stay overnight in Israel after conducting an “extensive security risk assessment”.
For Delta, this will be the first time that the airline has returned to Israel after hastily suspending services to the Middle Eastern commercial hub in October 2023 following the large-scale Hamas terror attack that destabilized the region.
Meanwhile, this will be United’s second attempt at relaunching direct non-stop flights to Israel after resuming services from Newark in April, only for the threat assessment to quickly change when Iran launched a massive missile and drone attack on the country.
Delta will use an Airbus A330neo aircraft for its daily service between New York JFK and Tel Aviv, which is set to resume on June 7. The airline will have pilots…
