The airline is disgruntled by the Israel Airports Authority’s refusal to substantiate Ryanair’s ‘historic’ slots for summer time 2026 and its refusal to ensure that Terminal 1 will stay open.
Irish low-cost service Ryanair has introduced it is not going to restart flights this winter to and from Tel Aviv. The airline cites the Israel Airports Authority’s refusal to substantiate Ryanair’s historic slots for summer time 2026 and its refusal to substantiate that low-cost Terminal 1 will stay open throughout future safety occasions as the explanations for its motion. Ryanair says the continued suspension will imply a lack of 1 million seats on 22 routes for the low-cost airline.
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Ryanair recounts that Tel Aviv providers had been repeatedly disrupted this summer time, as a consequence of safety issues over Israeli airspace and Ben Gurion Airport’s repeated selections (3 instances) to shut the low-cost Terminal 1 and drive Ryanair to make use of larger value Terminal 3. Ryanair claims that low-fare seats that had been offered by Ryanair on the idea of low-cost Terminal 1 services had been rendered loss making, because of the excessive prices in Terminal 3.
A Ryanair spokesperson stated, “We’re fed up having our low-fare flights repeatedly messed round by Ben Gurion Airport. It’s absurd that they refused to substantiate our summer time 2026 slots.”
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on September 30, 2025.
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