Another United States airline is restarting service to Israel this fall.
Delta said on Wednesday that it plans to restart its route from New York JFK to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) on September 1.
The daily flight will be operated by the airline’s Airbus A330-900neo jet. The widebody plane is outfitted with four fare classes, including lie-flat seats with sliding privacy doors in Delta One business class, as well as Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort, and Delta Main.
The route resumption comes as Delta has been conducting ongoing assessments of the situation in Israel as the conflict in the region wears on. “Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and crew,” the airline said. “Delta is continuously monitoring the evolving security environment and assessing our operations based on security guidance and intelligence reports.”
Only a limited number of carriers have resumed flights to Israel, with only one other U.S. airline currently operating flights there. United Airlines restarted its twice daily service to TLV from Newark in late July.
European carriers have also been restarting their services to the country. Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines all returned to Tel Aviv in August. And Italian carrier ITA Airways says it will restart flights to TLV on September 1.
Delta’s SkyTeam partner airline Air France was one of the first European carriers to restart its flights to Israel in early July. Dutch airline KLM, also a SkyTeam partner, will restart its TLV route on September 28.
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