Air Haifa introduced this morning that it’s going to formally obtain the primary plane in its fleet on the finish of this month. The aircraft 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 predicted 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 massive 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 aircraft in Israel. “Air Haifa is the primary Israeli airline based because the Nineties, and we’re proud, particularly presently, to be the primary business 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’ll announce the date for the launch of the exercise and begin promoting tickets.”
Enormous information
The Ministry of Transport stated, “In an expert dialogue held yesterday at Haifa Municipality, Minister Miri Regev stated that on the finish of the month the primary Air Haifa aircraft will land in Israel, and instantly after that the official licensing course of will start. The corporate’s business flights will function in the course of the month of September
“The entry of the brand new firm into the market is an historic precedent, during which for the primary time in a long time, 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 resembling 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 might 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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