Delta Air Lines will resume daily nonstop flights between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on September 6, the carrier announced last Wednesday.
The first outbound departure leaves JFK on September 6, arriving in Israel the following morning. The inaugural return leg departs Tel Aviv on September 7. Delta will operate the route on Airbus A330-900neo equipment.
The airline cited a security review as the basis for the restart. In a statement, Delta said the resumption follows “a thorough review of the evolving security environment in the region” and that it will continue monitoring conditions with aviation authorities and government agencies.
Delta had suspended its Israel flying in March, with the suspension running through September. At the same time, the carrier postponed indefinitely a planned Boston–Tel Aviv route that had been slated to launch in late October. Neither the Boston route nor a previously planned Atlanta–Tel Aviv service has been given a restart date.
For crew based at JFK, the September 6 return means a long-haul international pairing is back on the board. Crew at BOS and ATL have no timeline yet.
Delta is not alone in returning to Ben Gurion. United Airlines announced earlier this month that it will restart Newark Liberty–Tel Aviv service on September 8, with two daily flights planned on that route.
