Arkia

Arkia
ארקיע
IATA ICAO Call sign
IZ AIZ ARKIA
Founded1949 (as Israel Inland Airlines)
Operating basesBen Gurion Airport
HubsRamon Airport
Fleet size5
Destinations32[citation needed]
Parent companyJordache Enterprises (70%)[1]
HeadquartersBen Gurion Airport
Tel Aviv, Israel
Key peopleOz Berlovich (CEO)[2]
Employees420 (as of 2020)[3]
Websitewww.arkia.co.il

Arkia, legally incorporated as Arkia Israeli Airlines Ltd (Hebrew: ארקיע, I will soar, Arabic: خطوط أركيا), is an Israeli airline. Its head office is on the grounds of Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.[4] It is Israel's second-largest airline,[5] operating scheduled domestic and international services, as well as charter flights to destinations in Western Europe and across the Mediterranean. Its main base is Ben Gurion Airport, with a hub at the Ramon Airport.[6]

  1. ^ רז-חיימוביץ', מיכל (26 July 2020). "בדרך לסכסוך עבודה בארקיע; העובדים: "הבעלים לא עושים דבר"". Globes.
  2. ^ "New CEO at Israeli Arkia Airline: Oz Berlovich Replaces Gadi Teper". Israel Travel News L.T.D. 26 December 2023.
  3. ^ Jarvis, Howard (18 September 2020). "Israel's Arkia to resume as deal inked on layoffs, pay cuts". ch-aviation.
  4. ^ "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. 88 Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ "Financial Mirror dot com - Arkia Airlines starts flights between Cyprus and Israel". Financialmirror.com. 2014-02-03. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  6. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 77.