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Flights to Tel Aviv expand
Chris Gray.
cabin, onboard chef and fully-flat beds in business
TWO AIRLINES are adding more flights to Tel class. Business sales head Julie Jones said the
Aviv, claiming high demand on the route to service had average load factors in the mid-60s.
Israel’s second city. She also claimed business sales had grown
Monarch: Larnaca
BMI added an extra daily service between during the year, and leisure traffic was benefit-
Heathrow and Tel Aviv on March 30, a year after ing from marketing of Tel Aviv as a city-break
it started flying to the destination. destination only five hours from London with just
is record breaker
Israeli national airline El Al is adding more a two-hour time difference.
departures when it closes its Stansted operation Uri Danor, El Al UK and Ireland chief executive,
MONARCH Airlines said its latest service from and starts flying from Luton from May 3. It will said it was moving from Stansted because of the
Birmingham airport has been the fastest selling run a six-times-a-week service from Luton, time slots available at Luton. The service on
in the carrier’s history. compared to the once a a Boeing 767 will have
Managing director Tim Jeans said half of the week flight from Stansted. departures at 12.15
22,000 seats available on the summer season BMI said its extra Sunday to Thursday, and
service to Larnaca were sold before the first service would give it the 09.45 on Fridays.
flight took off on Sunday. first and last flights of El Al is thought to have
Load factors were already running at about the day from Tel Aviv, wanted to move from
85% to 90% compared to the 70% to 80% appealing to business Stansted because Luton
normally expected for a new route, he said, and leisure travellers. and Heathrow were
adding: “This route has got going immediately.” On May 3, the airline better locations for its
The service operates on Wednesday and will introduce A330 air- customer base, but slots
Sunday, with return fares from £140.50, craft on the route, with a were not available at
including all taxes and a web booking discount. new premium economy BMI and El Al are both increasing capacity to Tel Aviv Heathrow.
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