United Airlines Resuming Flights To Tel Aviv, Israel, As Of March 2025

In October 2023, we saw most international airlines discontinue flights to Israel over safety concerns, following the Hamas terror attacks, and subsequent conflict. While many major airlines tried to resume service to Israel as soon as possible, that just wasn’t practical, given the constantly evolving security situation.

With there now being a ceasefire, it looks like we’re going to finally see US airlines resume service to Israel. Recently, Delta announced it would resume flights to Israel as of April 2025. Now United has announced it will resume flights to Israel as of March 2025, so United is beating Delta to the punch.

United will resume Newark to Tel Aviv route soon

As of March 15, 2025, United plans to resume daily flights between Newark (EWR) and Tel Aviv (TLV). The route will operate with the following schedule:

UA84 Newark to Tel Aviv departing 3:55PM arriving 8:20AM (+1 day)
UA85 Tel Aviv to Newark departing 10:30AM arriving 4:35PM

Then as of March 29, 2025, United plans to resume a second daily flight between the two airports, with the added frequency having the following schedule:

UA90 Newark to Tel Aviv departing 10:45PM arriving 4:20PM (+1 day)
UA91 Tel Aviv to Newark departing 11:25PM arriving 4:15AM (+1 day)

Both frequencies will be operated by Boeing 787-10s, featuring 318 seats, configured with 44 business class seats, 21 premium economy seats, and 253 economy seats. The 5,685-mile flight is blocked at around 11 hours eastbound and around 12 hours westbound.

This will be the first time that United serves Israel since July 2024, so we’re talking about a roughly eight month service suspension.

United plans to add more Israel flights soon

United explains that the decision to resume flights to Israel follows a “detailed assessment of operational considerations for the region and close work with the unions who represent flight attendants and pilots.” The airline claims to have a longstanding commitment to serving Tel Aviv, and is proud to be the first US airline to resume service.

United also offers connecting itineraries to Tel Aviv through partners, including Lufthansa Group airlines, as they’re resuming service to Israel as well.

As you can see, the emphasis right now is on offering service out of Newark, but presumably United hopes to eventually operate flights to Tel Aviv from other gateways. Going back a couple of years, United also flew to Israel from Chicago (ORD), San Francisco (SFO), and Washington (IAD).

Prior to October 2023, United was by far the biggest US carrier in Israel, and it has historically been one of United’s most lucrative international markets. So I’m not surprised to see United continuing to lead the way when it comes to restoring capacity to Israel.

Bottom line

As of mid-March 2025, United will be the first US airline to resume flights to Israel, after an extended suspension. A couple of weeks after that, United will offer two daily flights to Israel. United is not only beating Delta in resuming this service, but the airline will offer double daily flights before Delta even offers once daily flights. Delta does have an EL AL partnership, though, which at least gives passengers some sort of access to Israel (though isn’t necessarily that lucrative for Delta).

What do you make of United resuming flights to Israel?