In discussions by Israeli transport officers final night time it was determined to chop the variety of passengers allowed on outbound flights from Ben Gurion airport on account of elevated missile fireplace from Iran.
Whereas incoming flights will proceed to land at Ben Gurion airport full, the variety of passengers allowed on outbound flights might be minimize from 150 to only 50. The brand new restrictions will come into impact at 5pm at the moment.
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Underneath the present plan, exercise at Ben Gurion Airport is restricted to as much as two landings per hour for narrow-body plane or one touchdown per hour for wide-body plane.
The distinction between landings and takeoffs is as a result of longer time it takes for safety screening for departing passengers – an extended and extra complicated course of than for arriving passengers. This extends the publicity time of plane and passengers on the airport, which is a lovely goal for enemy missiles, and due to this fact results in stricter restrictions on takeoffs.
Throughout discussions, Minister of Transport Miri Regev has been pushing for the continuation of as broad an exercise as potential and sustaining an aviation routine. Nevertheless, when there’s overwhelming opposition from skilled our bodies and officers, the Minister of Transport is required to respect their suggestions and order a discount in exercise.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on March 23, 2026.
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