Emirates plane at Ben Gurion Airport on its inaugural flight in June 2022. Photo: Sivan Farag Emirates, the renowned airline, has announced its return to the Israeli market with direct flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai resuming on October 1, 2025.
The daily flights will operate using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, offering passengers a premium travel experience with 8 first-class suites, 42 business-class seats, and 304 economy-class seats.
Flight EK931 will depart Dubai at 15:20 and land in Tel Aviv at 17:45. The return flight, EK932, will leave Tel Aviv at 19:50, arriving in Dubai at 23:59 (local times).
This route will provide seamless connections through Dubai to key global destinations, including the Far East, Australia, New Zealand, the Indian Ocean, Africa, and North and South America. Emirates continues to enhance its partnership with flydubai, offering up to 8 daily flights in winter and up to 6 in summer.
Additionally, Emirates offers convenient access to Newark via Athens through its code-share partnership with Aegean Airlines, making it a competitive choice for travel to the U.S.
Tickets can be combined with flydubai flights (EK code-share) for greater flexibility, and Emirates' services are accessible across all distribution channels, including its new NDC platform, which provides travel agents with personalized booking options and direct inventory access.
Flight tickets can be combined with flydubai flights (EK code share) for maximum flexibility and connectivity.
Emirates services are available across all distribution channels, including traditional platforms and Emirates' new NDC solutions, providing travel agents with direct access to flight inventory and a personalized and efficient booking experience.
It's worth mentioning that Emirates suspended its flights on the Dubai-Tel Aviv route on 12.10.23, following the outbreak of the 'Iron Swords' conflict.
The company, represented in Israel by OpenSky, operated three daily flights on the route, which became one of the most talked-about and important in Israel's aviation industry.
Emirates is considered one of the best airlines in the world and, last year, won numerous awards at the World Travel Awards 2024, including "Best First Class Experience in the World, Leading Airline Brand in the World, Best Airline App in the World", and more, marking another fantastic year for the esteemed company.
Emirates' new uniforms. Photo: EmiratesEmirates, first landed at Ben Gurion Airport on June 23, 2022. The Emirati airline operated the hot route between Dubai and Tel Aviv with its modern Boeing 777, and the route became one of the most sought-after in Israel's aviation industry, thanks to the airline's onward flights to a wide variety of destinations worldwide.
In the past year, Emirates doubled the number of cities it offers passengers beyond its network, providing additional travel opportunities to nearly 1,700 different cities worldwide.
Just this past year, Emirates signed 16 new partnerships, including code-share partnerships with airlines like Avianca and Batik Air Malaysia, and interline agreements with various carriers including KAM Air, Sri Lankan Airlines, Condor, Flynas, Viva Aerobus, Sun Express, Maldivian, Siberian Airlines, and Kenya Airways.
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER. Photo: ShutterstockAll of these have brought the airline to hold 31 code-share partnerships, 118 interline agreements, 13 railway and helicopter service collaborations, totaling 162 partners in over 100 countries. Thus, the company has expanded its network, offering better connections for passengers, along with various services like combined flight tickets, enhanced baggage transfer, frequent flyer benefits, lounge access, and more.
This way, Emirates passengers benefit from a single ticket combining multiple European destinations through partnerships with railway companies like Trenitalia, Renfe, OBB, and SJ, alongside a partnership with BLADE, an urban air transport company, allowing helicopter flights between Nice and Monaco on a combined ticket.