Press releases

18 Apr 2016

Israeli airline Arkia starts flying to Minsk

MINSK, 18 April (BelTA) - The Israeli airline Arkia will launch flights to Minsk on 18 April, BelTA learned from the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus.

“The air company will operate regular flights three times a week,” the department informed.

According to the Minsk National Airport, passengers will now have a chance to fly from the Belarusian capital to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Monday and Friday, with the possibility of connecting flights to Eilat and Haifa. Starting from July, the Israeli air carrier will perform an additional flight on Wednesday

“Our goal is to expand the offer on the tourist market of Belarus. We hope that this will help strengthen the already close business, cultural and tourism links between our countries,” said Evgeny Koltun, a representative of Arkia. So far it has been only the Belavia national airline that has provided air service from Minsk to Tel Aviv.

Founded in 1949, the Israeli airline Arkia is based at Ben Gurion Airport. This is the second largest (after El Al) airline in Israel. It serves domestic and international routes to Europe and the Mediterranean (Larnaca, Amman, Dublin).