From January 8, 2024, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group plan to resume their flights to Tel Aviv. In a first phase, Lufthansa Airlines will initially offer four weekly flights from Frankfurt and three weekly flights from Munich. Austrian Airlines is planning eight weekly connections and SWISS five weekly flights. In a first step, the Lufthansa Group airlines will thus offer a total of 20 weekly connections to and from Tel Aviv. This corresponds to around 30 percent of the regular flight schedule. Aircraft from the Airbus A320 family will be used.
In a first phase, Lufthansa Airlines will initially offer four weekly departures from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt and three weekly flights to Munich. Austrian Airlines is planning eight weekly connections to Vienna and SWISS five weekly flights departing from Tel Aviv to Zurich. In a first step, the Lufthansa Group airlines will thus offer a total of 20 weekly connections to and from Tel Aviv. This corresponds to around 30 percent of the regular flight schedule. For these services the carriers will operate aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.
This flight schedule offers good transfer connections from Israel to North America and back via the Lufthansa Group hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Zurich.
The flight schedule was published on Monday, 18 December 2023. Flights can now be booked.
The flight schedule starting 08 January 2024 at a glance:
| Route | Flight number | Flights/ week | Day of the week | Departure | Arrival |
| Frankfurt – Tel Aviv | LH686 | 4 | Tue, Wed, Sat, Sun | 10:25 | 15:30 |
| Tel Aviv – Frankfurt | LH687 | 4 | Tue, Wed, Sat, Sun | 16:35 | 20:20 |
| Munich – Tel Aviv | LH680 | 3 | Mon, Thu, Fri | 11:20 | 16:05 |
| Tel Aviv – Munich | LH681 | 3 | Mon, Thu, Fri | 17:10 | 20:20 |
| Zurich – Tel Aviv | LX252LX254 | 5 | Mon, Wed, Sat, SunTue | 12:2007:10 | 17:1012:10 |
| Tel Aviv – Zurich | LX253LX255 | 5 | Mon, Wed, Sat, SunTue | 18:2013:10 | 21:4016:30 |
| Vienna – Tel Aviv | OS857OS859 | 8 | Tue, Thu, SunDaily, except Tue, Sun | 10:2022:25 | 14:4502:50 +1 |
| Tel Aviv – Vienna | OS858OS860 | 8 | Tue, Thu, SunDaily expt Mon, Wed | 15:4003:50 | 18:2506:35 |
Safety is always a top priority for the airlines in the Lufthansa Group. The Lufthansa Group continues to monitor the security situation in Israel closely and is in close contact with the local and international authorities. Possible flight schedule adjustments must be expected due to changing conditions.
Lufthansa Group Airlines suspended its scheduled flights to and from Tel Aviv on 09 October 2023.
The flights to Beirut (Lebanon), which have also been suspended, was resumed, December 15, by Lufthansa, SWISS and Eurowings.
