Air Haifa introduced this morning that it’ll formally obtain the primary plane in its fleet on the finish of this month. The airplane will take off from Toulouse-Blagnac airport in France and land at Haifa Worldwide airport on the finish of the month. The model new ATR 72-600 plane has 72 seats and Air Haifa will obtain two extra such planes within the coming months.
Air Haifa is within the later phases of the method of receiving its working license from Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the brand new airline expects to finish the method in September and start promoting tickets and working scheduled flights from Haifa.
Air Haifa is anticipated to function flights between Haifa and Eilat in addition to to locations within the japanese Mediterranean in Cyprus and Greece.
Nir Zuk among the many founders
Behind Air Haifa are a number of large names in Israel. Amongst its founders are the entrepreneur and founding father of cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, Nir Zuk, Strauss Group CEO Shai Babad; former El Al CEO Gonen Usishkin; former El Al VP advertising and marketing Michael Strassburger, and former ZIM CEO Rafi Danieli.
Air Haifa cofounder and CEO Usishkin stated, “We’re very excited concerning the arrival of Air Haifa’s first airplane in Israel. “Air Haifa is the primary Israeli airline based for the reason that Nineties, and we’re proud, particularly at the moment, to be the primary industrial airline within the nation’s historical past whose base of operations is at Haifa Worldwide Airport. We await the completion of the corporate’s licensing course of, and upon its completion and receipt of the licenses required by the Civil Aviation Authority, we are going to announce the date for the launch of the exercise and begin promoting tickets.”
Enormous information
The Ministry of Transport stated, “In knowledgeable dialogue held yesterday at Haifa Municipality, Minister Miri Regev stated that on the finish of the month the primary Air Haifa airplane will land in Israel, and instantly after that the official licensing course of will start. The corporate’s industrial flights will function throughout the month of September
“The entry of the brand new firm into the market is an historic precedent, through which for the primary time in many years, Minister Regev labored along with the director basic of her ministry and with the Civil Aviation Authority to introduce one other Israeli airline to function within the State of Israel. Following the imaginative and prescient of Minister of Transport Regev, to extend competitors and strengthen connectivity inside Israel and overseas, the corporate will function flights from Haifa to Eilat in addition to to close by locations in Europe and the Mediterranean basin reminiscent of Greece and Turkey.
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“That is nice information for the residents of Haifa and the north, Eilat and the close by cities, who will probably be served by further flights near their houses.”
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on July 9, 2024.
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