easyJet plc (LSE: EZJ) will launch a Tel Aviv-Manchester route on November 1. The low-cost carrier will operate two weekly flights between Manchester and Tel Aviv on Mondays and Thursdays. The one-way starting fares are €37.99 Tel Aviv-Manchester and €82.99 Manchester-Tel Aviv, including taxes and administration fees.
Flights will depart Manchester on Monday at 1.15 pm and arrive in Tel Aviv at 8.20 pm. Flights will depart Tel Aviv at 8:20 pm and arrive in Manchester at 12:55 am. The Thursday flights will depart Manchester at 11:40 am and arrive in Tel Aviv at 6:55 pm, and the flights will depart Tel Aviv at 7:50 pm and arrive in Manchester at 11:30 pm.
Tickets will be available from Wednesday, April 19.
easyJet has increased flights on its London Luton-Tel Aviv route from seven to nine flights a week, and it operates four weekly flights between Tel Aviv and Geneva and Basel in Switzerland. The airline says that it has carried more than 270,000 passengers on flights to and from Israel since inaugurating its Tel Aviv routes in November 2009.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on April 17, 2012
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