Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- United Airlines said on Feb. 21 that it plans to resume flights between the New York area of the United States and Israel in early March. United will be the first U.S. airline operator to resume U.S.-Israel routes after the outbreak of the new Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
This is a photo taken on September 24, 2010 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in the United States of America United Airlines staff checking in passengers**. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Jiang Xintong) United Airlines said that it plans to resume flights from Newark International Airport in New Jersey, USA to Tel Aviv, Israel from March 2, with the first two flights stopping in Munich, Germany, and direct flights from the 6th. The route will be operated by Boeing 787 aircraft. Newark International Airport is United's hub airport in the New York area.
After a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out on October 7 last year, multinational airlines canceled flights to Israel. Since the beginning of this year, some European airlines, such as Lufthansa and Air France, have resumed some flights to and from Israel.
United said it worked with U.S. and Israeli security experts and *** to make the decision to resume routes after a detailed safety analysis, but that they will continue to monitor the situation and adjust their routes based on the situation.
United said it would consider resuming flights to and from Israel from San Francisco, Chicago and Washington this fall.
The other two major U.S. airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, have not yet announced when they will resume U.S.-Israel routes. (Guo Qian).