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Israir Launches New Direct Flights to Madrid

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Ticket prices for October start at $328 round-trip. The airline is also expanding its overall network for the Spring-Summer 2027 season, adding four new destinations and increasing service to existing popular routes, with plans for long-haul routes to Tokyo and Miami pending approval.

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  • Israir launched new direct flights to Madrid, Spain, with prices starting at $328.
  • The airline will operate three weekly flights to Madrid on Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays.
  • The new route aims to provide convenient access to Madrid for vacation, football, shopping, and business.
  • Israir is expanding its Spring-Summer 2027 schedule with over 41 international destinations.
  • Four new destinations are being added: Split, Sarajevo, Bologna, and Preveza.
  • The airline is seeking approval for long-haul routes to Tokyo and Miami.

Israir, owned by businessman Rami Levy, has officially launched a new direct flight route to Madrid, the capital of Spain. The first flight on this new route departed on Sunday at 2:15 PM. This service aims to provide Israeli travelers with convenient access to one of Europe's popular destinations for vacations, football, shopping, and business.

To mark the launch, round-trip tickets for October departures start at $328 per person, with prices rising to $420 per person for November departures. Bookings can be made through the Israir website or travel agents.

The introduction of the Madrid route follows Israir's recent preparations for the Spring-Summer 2027 season, which includes an expanded schedule of over 41 international destinations in 24 countries, in addition to its regular domestic flights to Eilat. This expansion is part of the company's strategy for continued growth and its goal of serving 3 million passengers.

As part of its operational expansion, Israir is adding four new destinations: Split in Croatia, Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bologna in Italy, and Preveza in Greece. The airline is also increasing service to popular routes such as New York, London, Basel, Vilnius, Malaga, Zanzibar, Morocco, Dubai, and Baku. Additionally, frequent flights will operate to numerous European cities including Rome, Catania, Bari, Verona, Naples, Palermo, Budapest, Prague, Burgas, Varna, Tivat, Ljubljana, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Tbilisi, Batumi, Larnaca, Paphos, Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Rhodes, Corfu, and Santorini.

Israir is also working on adding long-haul destinations like Tokyo and Miami, but these are pending final approval for route operations and are not yet included in the Spring-Summer 2027 schedule.

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