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Air Canada announced today (Thursday) that it will renew direct flights between Israel and Canada, after months of suspension. The decision came following a meeting between Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Canada’s Foreign Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly during the Munich Conference last weekend, during which Sa’ar requested action to restore flights between the two countries.<\/p>\n

The Air Canada announcement joins the decisions of several other airlines that have gradually resumed flights on the Tel Aviv-international destinations route, as a result of both improvements in the security situation and a growing demand among passengers.<\/p>\n

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Gideon Sa’ar | Photo: Chaim Goldberg\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Step Towards Cheaper Flights to the U.S. and Canada<\/strong>
\nA month ago, the Israeli government approved a proposal by the Ministries of Transportation and Finance to provide assistance to airlines expanding their operations to destinations in North America. The goal is to encourage market competition, strengthen business ties with the U.S. and Canada, increase the number of flights, and reduce costs for travelers. The total budget allocated by the government for the initiative is 15 million shekels. <\/p>\n

According to the government decision, this initiative will benefit airlines operating regular and direct flights using wide-body aircraft between Israel and the U.S. or Canada. To qualify, the airlines will be required to increase their operations to these destinations by at least two weekly flights per destination compared to the last quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n

The resumption of direct flights between Canada and Israel by Air Canada marks a significant step toward restoring global connectivity. With growing passenger demand and improving security conditions, this development offers renewed opportunities for tourism, business, and bilateral relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marking a significant step toward restoring global connectivity, Canadian airline Air Canada has announced the resumption of direct flights between Israel and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,85,82,2564],"tags":[1697,1676,2985,2205,2504],"class_list":["post-15542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-positive-moment","category-car","category-travel","tag-air-travel","tag-ben-gurion-airport","tag-canada","tag-gideon-saar","tag-ministry-of-transportation"],"yoast_head":"\nCanada's Premier Flag Carrier Airline Resumes Long-Awaited Flights to Israel - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canada's Premier Flag Carrier Airline Resumes Long-Awaited Flights to Israel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marking a significant step toward restoring global connectivity, Canadian airline Air Canada has announced the resumption of direct flights between Israel and Canada.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/canadas-premier-flag-carrier-airline-resumes-long-awaited-flights-to-israel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T17:32:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T17:34:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-32.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/canadas-premier-flag-carrier-airline-resumes-long-awaited-flights-to-israel\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/canadas-premier-flag-carrier-airline-resumes-long-awaited-flights-to-israel\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Rega News Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce\"},\"headline\":\"Canada’s Premier Flag Carrier Airline Resumes Long-Awaited Flights to Israel\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-20T17:32:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T17:34:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/canadas-premier-flag-carrier-airline-resumes-long-awaited-flights-to-israel\/\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/canadas-premier-flag-carrier-airline-resumes-long-awaited-flights-to-israel\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-32.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"air travel\",\"Ben Gurion Airport\",\"Canada\",\"Gideon Sa'ar\",\"Ministry of Transportation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"POLITICS\",\"POSITIVE\",\"TRANSPORTATION\",\"TRAVEL\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/canadas-premier-flag-carrier-airline-resumes-long-awaited-flights-to-israel\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/canadas-premier-flag-carrier-airline-resumes-long-awaited-flights-to-israel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/canadas-premier-flag-carrier-airline-resumes-long-awaited-flights-to-israel\/\",\"name\":\"Canada's Premier Flag Carrier Airline Resumes Long-Awaited Flights to Israel - 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