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Israel's El Al set to resume flights to Eilat from Ben-Gurion after 12 years

El Al Airlines will resume flights between Ben-Gurion Airport and Eilat for the first time in 12 years, operating two flights per week.

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The inauguration of the Eilat airport's name.
Arkia

Arkia to launch new flights to Eilat, pushing for airline equality in Ben Gurion's terminals

With the approval of the operation of additional flights from Terminal 1 at Ben Gurion from the Transportation Ministry, the additional flights may operate as soon as May 2025.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PALESTINIANS ARE being threatened if they fly out of Ramon Airport, according to the Palestinian transportation minister

Question marks hover over proposed Gaza-Turkey flights from Israeli airport

The plan allowing residents of the Gaza Strip to fly to Turkey from an Israeli airport is raising concerns about its practicality, cost-effectiveness, and potential risk for arrests.

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Space shuttle Columbia Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, during training on the operation of an M113 armored personnel carrier during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, December 18, 2002.

On this day in 2003: Ilan Ramon dies aboard Columbia Space Shuttle

Ramon, Israel's first astronaut, was killed along with the rest of his crew when the space shuttle disintegrated upon reentering the Earth's atmosphere.

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Palestinians ‘not excited’ about Israel’s offer to use Ramon Airport

Musa Rahhal, spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Transport and Communications, said that the PA is officially opposed to the idea.

JULY 21, 2022
Cargo plane with military equipment lands at Ramon Airport

Eilat ranked sixth-best place to visit in 2019 by 'New York Times'

The opening of the new Ramon Airport opened Israel's most southern city to the wider public.

JANUARY 10, 2019
GET THE boutique experience at Eilat Orchid Reef Hotel.

Grapevine: Mincing words

One would think that at a time of political turmoil and security tensions, readers might be a little less picky about transliteration, which, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

JANUARY 8, 2019
RAMON AIRPORT in the Timna Valley, north of Eilat.

Taking off: Eilat's new airport

“The goal is to strengthen the city of Eilat, and make Israelis prefer Eilat over other places abroad.”

JULY 18, 2018
A general view of the new Ramon International Airport in Timna Valley, north to Eilat, Israel, June 13, 2018.

First flight lands at Ramon Airport as Eilat seeks to grab more tourists

Low-cost domestic carrier Arkia made the first scheduled landing, with Flight 883 touching down on the airport’s 3,600 meter-long runway.

JULY 17, 2018
TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Israel Katz and Rona Ramon cut the ribbon to inaugurate Eilat’s new airport.

State of the art smart fence to protect future airport, Jordanian border

The 26 meter high fence will protect Assaf and Ilan Ramon airport from Kornet missiles

MAY 17, 2018
State of the art smart fence to protect future Eilat Ilan and Assaf Ramon International Airport and the Jordanian border

New civilian airport in southern Israel to be protected by 30m high smart fence

The Eilat Ilan and Assaf Ramon International Airport is set to open in April 2018.

NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Workers in a ‘cherry-picker’ lend a sense of scale to the smart fence being installed around the country’s newest civilian airport currently under construction