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El Al launches Eilat flights to improve poor access

February 8, 2010 12:09
The new flights will improve access to Eilat and the Red Sea from Ben Gurion airport

ByJan Shure, Jan Shure

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El Al has announced it is to operate three daily flights in each direction between Ben Gurion and Eilat, commencing in March.

The airline, which ceased direct flights between the UK and Eilat in 2007, is adding the internal flights to improve access to Israel’s Red Sea resort for visitors flying in to Israel from Britain and other, mainly European, destinations.

Until this season, when Eilat’s leading hotelier Isrotel launched its own direct flights between Luton and Eilat – branded as the Isrotel Sun Express – the resort has not been regularly served by direct flights from the UK since March 2007.

Passengers wishing to fly to Eilat from the UK had to do so via Ben Gurion, switching planes and arriving in Eilat late at night.