Israir

Israir
ישראייר
IATA ICAO Call sign
6H ISR ISRAIR
Founded1989 (as Knafei HaEmek)
1996 (as Israir)
Operating bases
HubsHaifa Airport
Fleet size8
Destinations19 scheduled
Parent companyRami Levy group (as BGI)
HeadquartersTel Aviv, Israel
Key people
  • Uri Sirkis, CEO
Website

Israir Airlines Ltd., more commonly referred to as Israir, is an Israeli low cost airline headquartered in Tel Aviv.[1] It operates domestic scheduled and air taxi flights from Ben Gurion International Airport, Ramon Airport, and Haifa Airport as well as scheduled and charter international services from Ben Gurion International Airport to Europe and Asia.[2] It also operates VIP flights, and is Israel's second-largest airline after El Al, surpassing Arkia Israel Airlines during the Coronavirus pandemic, employing some 350 staff.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Contact Israir Airlines Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine." Israir Airlines. Retrieved on 23 September 2009. "Israir Airlines and Tourism Ltd. 23 Ben Yehuda Street"
  2. ^ a b "About Israir Airlines". Israir Airlines. Archived from the original on 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
  3. ^ "Israir Airlines (Israel's Second Largest)". YnetNews. 2006-12-28. Retrieved 2007-05-05.