Delta Air Lines to Resume Tel Aviv Flights on September 1

Another United States airline is restarting service to Israel this fall, as Delta Air Lines flights to Israel, from New York JFK to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) will resume 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. 

This article originally appeared in TravelPulse and is supplemented by content below, from Forbes.com.

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United Airlines will restart service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Tel Aviv with a single flight on July 21, the carrier announced Tuesday, with twice-daily flights resuming the following day.

“This resumption is in line with United’s longstanding commitment to serving Tel Aviv,” United said in a statement, adding, “Throughout 2025, United has flown to Tel Aviv more than any other U.S. airline.”

On June 14, the U.S. State Department authorized the voluntary departure of family members and non-emergency U.S. government employees due to the volatile and unpredictable security situation in the region.

A State Department travel advisory cautions U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel to Israel due to terrorism and civil unrest,” language that correlates to a Level 3 advisory on a scale where Level 4 is a “do not travel” warning.

American Airlines “continuously evaluates its network and we have nothing new to share at this time regarding Tel Aviv service,” according to a spokesperson for the carrier, adding that anyone “planning travel to Israel can purchase tickets on aa.com on flights operated by our partner airlines that serve Tel Aviv.”

Delta flights to Israel will resume September 1.