Roi Azoulay

With the return of three more foreign airlines flying to Israel over the past weekend (LOT Airlines, Wizz Air, and Air Europa), another increase in passenger numbers at Ben Gurion Airport today and expectations that the upward trend in passenger numbers will continue this week.

"Today is the first day of a story yet to be written," said Alfredo Altavilla, President of the new national Italian airline, which has taken the place of Alitalia, that ceased operations last Thursday. The inaugural flight took off yesterday from Milan Airport at 6:27 AM.