TRAVELING
TO ISRAEL
TRAVELING
TO ISRAEL BY AIR international airlines operate scheduled flights to Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport Tel.
03-9710000 at Lod (near Tel Aviv). Certain flights from European countries also land at Ovda Tel. 07-6375880 or Eilat Tel. 07-6363838 or 07-6363830,
international airports in southern Israel. Pilots interested in flying their
own planes to Israel should provide the Israel Airports Authority with all
mandatory information at least 48 hours in advance of the ETA - via cable, AFTN message, telex or fax - and await clearance before commencing the flight. For further
information contact: Israel Airports
Authority, P.O.B. 7, Ben Gurion International Airport, 70100 Israel, Tel.
03-9710111 Cable Address: Ben Gurion Airport BEN GURION
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-FLIGHT INFORMATION Computerized Recorded Information -Telephone
Numbers ·Hebrew -03-9723333 · English - 03-9723344 · Arabic -
03-9 723355 · Russian - 03-9 723366 ·Switchboard
- 03-9710111 for the Israel Airports
Authority and the Ben Gurion Airport management Sun. - Thurs. 8 am - 4pm TRANSPORTATION TO AND
FROM THE AIRPORT A shuttle bus, No. 222 operates
between Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv, stopping at the El Al Air Terminal
on Arlozorov Street and the Palace Hotel on Hayarkon Street. The service
operates from 4 am till midnight. On Fridays and holiday eves, the
service operates until 8 pm, and on Saturdays from noon until midnight. For
further information call 03-9711711. Buses operated by the Egged Bus Company leave Ben Gurion Airport
every 15 minutes for Tel Aviv (5 am – 10 pm), every 30 minutes
for Jerusalem (6.30 am - 8.30 pm). Nesher
Taxis operates a sherut (shared) taxi service between Jerusalem and
Ben Gurion Airport, charging a fixed rate per passenger. For an extra charge,
the taxi will pick up passengers and their baggage from anywhere in
Jerusalem. For further information, call 02-6231231, 6257227, 6255332, Fax
02-624 1114, or 03-9 721818 at Ben Gurion Airport. Amal Taxis operates a similar
service from Haifa, the Krayot, Acre and Nahariya. Tel.
04-8676444, 8662324 A taxi
service operates from Ben Gurion Airport to all parts of the country. Tel.
03-9711103 TRAVELING TO ISRAEL
BY SEA Several
shipping lines offer regular sailings from Europe to the port of Haifa. Many
Mediterranean cruises also include Israel in their itineraries. Pleasure
craft may enter Israel via the ports of Haifa, Ashdod or Eilat, or via the
Tel Aviv Marina. Following border and customs clearance, they may proceed to
any of Israel’s five special yacht marinas. · Atarim (Tel Aviv) Tel. 03-52 72596, Fax
03-52 72466. Acre
(Akko) Tel. 04-9919287,Fax 04-8258382 · Ashkelon Tel. 07-6733 780, Fax 07-6
733823 · Eilat Tel. 07-63 76761, Fax. 07-6315454 · Herzliya Tel. 09-9565591/2/5 Fax 09-9565593
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info: Israel travel directory |
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