The cancellations fall during the busy period leading up to Passover and are expected to affect approximately 25,000 passengers.

Salvador Auday discovered 'Free Palestine' written in black ink across his kosher meal packaging on August 4, while other Jewish passengers received trays marked with the initials “FP.”

The kosher meal incident closely follows the controversy around a flight operated by Vueling, a Spanish low-cost airline, in which 44 French-Jewish teenagers and eight adults were taken off a flight from Valencia to Paris, allegedly because they had sung in Hebrew.

Israeli credit card spending on flights with local airlines reached a record $145.7 million in May 2025, representing a 21% increase from May 2024. 

'I am calling upon the CEOs of American Airlines, Delta, and United to end the unilateral and indefinite suspensions of air travel to Israel.'

Israeli airline announces record profit of $147.4 million for the second quarter of 2024, the second consecutive quarter the carrier set a record profit.

As Israel braces for an impending Hezbollah and Iranian attack, dozens of airlines have canceled flights to Tel Aviv.