Ramon Airport

State to open VAT-free store at Ramon Airport

The Israel Airports Authority issued a tender for a VAT-free store at Eilat Airport, where 25% of Israel’s mobile phones are sold. The VAT hike next year will increase the city's appeal.

Ramon Airport in Eilat. Zero VAT for those who purchase at the new store
El Al Israel Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2020.

Iran attack on Israel could see Ben-Gurion Airport moved to Eilat - analysis

 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

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


Palestinian are pawns in the Ramon Airport fiasco - opinion

Just as Palestinians have been threatened and criticized for taking higher-paying jobs in settlements, so too Palestinians are being threatened if they fly out of Ramon Airport.

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

Ramon Airport sparks crisis between Jordan, Palestinians

Some Jordanians said they are convinced that the PA, which has publicly expressed opposition to the opening of the airport to Palestinian travelers, has struck a secret deal with Israel.

 Arkia flight to Cyprus from Ramon Airport, August 22, 2022.

Israeli airlines need to facilitate travel for Palestinians to other countries - editorial

Enabling Israeli airlines to facilitate travel for Palestinians to Turkey and other countries makes the utmost sense.

 Arkia flight to Cyprus from Ramon Airport, August 22, 2022.

Israel delays plan to allow Wֿest Bank Palestinians to fly out of Ramon Airport

Israel, for security reasons, does not allow most West Bank Palestinians to travel out of Ben Gurion Airport. 

 A plane is reflected in the facade of the Ramon International Airport after an inauguration ceremony for the new airport, just outside the southern Red Sea resort city of Eilat, Israel January 21, 2019.

Palestinians can start flying out of Ramon airport later this month

West Bank Palestinians who want to travel abroad must now go through the Allenby Crossing in the Jordan Valley and into neighboring Jordan for international flights out of Amman.

Cargo plane with military equipment lands at Ramon Airport

Palestinians can start flying out of Ramon airport later this month

West Bank Palestinians who want to travel abroad must now go through the Allenby Crossing in the Jordan Valley and into neighboring Jordan for international flights out of Amman.

Cargo plane with military equipment lands at Ramon Airport

Israel's Ramon Airport to open for Palestinian passengers - report

A first charter flight of passengers from the West Bank is set to leave from Ramon International Airport later in August.

RAMON AIRPORT in the Timna Valley, north of Eilat.

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.

Cargo plane with military equipment lands at Ramon Airport

Cargo plane with military equipment lands at Ramon Airport

The plane landing shows that the airport can receive military and civilian equipment and aid in the case of emergencies.

Cargo plane with military equipment lands at Ramon Airport

First international flights land at Eilat’s new Ramon Airport

On Monday, six weeks after the airports official opening, Irish low-cost carrier RyanAir has operated three flights, to Poznan, Poland and round-trip from Prague, Czech Republic to the Ramon Airport.

The three Ramon children, Tal, Noa and Yiftach, join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Israel Katz and Israel Airports Authority CEO Yaakov Ganot in cutting a red ribbon at the inauguration of the Ramon Airport on January 21, 2019

Now boarding

The Ramon Airport was opened last month. We had a look at the flights departing from Ben-Gurion Airport, some of which are slated to take off from the new airport in the future.

Weekly Departures from Ben-Gurion Airport