by Lacey Pfalz
Last updated: 8:35 AM ET, Fri August 16, 2024
American Airlines has not offered flights to Tel Aviv, Israel since the conflict began in the country in October 2023, and the airline has announced that it doesn’t plan on operating any flights between the U.S. and Israel until the end of March 2025.
The news was first reported on Israel Hayom, an Israeli news site, which reported that they could not book a flight from the U.S. to Israel on both the website and while talking to one of the airline’s customer service representatives. American Airlines has since commented.
“American Airlines has suspended operations to and from Tel Aviv through March 29, 2025,” they wrote. “To provide additional flexibility, we will extend our travel alert allowing customers whose travel plans are impacted by this adjustment to rebook without a fee or cancel and receive a refund. We will continue to work closely with our partner airlines to assist customers traveling between Israel and European cities with service to the U.S.”
The last announcement, made in February of this year, suggested that the airline had hoped to resume flights between the United States and Tel Aviv sometime in October, but that was entirely dependent on the condition of the ongoing conflict. Travelers are encouraged to visit the airline's travel alerts page to get the most up-to-date information.
Currently, all major airlines from the U.S. are not operating flights to Israel.
The conflict in Israel and Gaza does not seem to be waning in severity. The U.S. State Department encourages travelers not to travel to Gaza or to northern Israel, near the borders of Lebanon and Syria, and also encourages travelers to reconsider travel to Israel and the West Bank due to terrorism and civil unrest.
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