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Virgin Atlantic extends Tel Aviv flight pause into September

Air
James Chapple
14 February 2024

Virgin Atlantic has extended its decision to pause flights to Tel Aviv until early September, but has stressed it remains committed to serving Israel from the UK in the future.

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Virgin has delayed its return to Israel until September

It has cancelled all planned departures of one of its two daily services, VS453/VS454, up to and including 4 September. The other, VS457/VS458, is not currently scheduled to operate in 2024.


Both services operate from Heathrow airport. The route had been due to restart from 30 March.


All customers booked to travel with Virgin to Tel Aviv between now and 4 September can rebook to another date without incurring additional fees until 15 December or seek a full refund.


Virgin said it would keep its Tel Aviv services under constant review; booked customers can check the status of their flight on the Virgin Atlantic website.