Transportation

As War Spooks Foreign Airlines, Israelis Look to Local Start-Up

  • Air Haifa goes six times a day to Cyprus at rock-bottom prices
  • Larnaca has become a hub for Israelis seeking to go and come
Passengers with Air Haifa at Ben Gurion airport in Israel.Source: Air Haifa
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It is named after a city that’s off-limits to civilian aviation due to incoming rockets and drones. Its fleet is just two propeller planes. And you won’t find it on Google Flights.

But Air Haifa, among the few Israeli startups emerging during a year-old regional war that’s far from won, still has high hopes.