Destinations
As of May 2022, Tel Aviv Air served the following destinations: [6]
| Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany | Hamburg | Hamburg Airport | [7] | |
 Israel | Tel Aviv | Ben Gurion Airport | [8] |
| |||||||
| Founded | 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceased operations | 2022 | ||||||
| Destinations | 2 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany | ||||||
| Key people | Shlomo Almagor (CEO) [1] Paul Scodellaro (CEO) [1] | ||||||
| Website | tlv-air.com | ||||||
Tel Aviv Air was [2] a short-lived German virtual airline [1] headquartered in Hamburg.
Tel Aviv Air was founded by travel agency owner Shlomo Almagor and Paul Scodellaro, former sales manager of Germania, which went bankrupt in 2019 with the goal to reestablish direct flights between Hamburg and Tel Aviv. [1] In April 2021, Tel Aviv Air was entered into the commercial register in Hamburg.
Tel Aviv Air's inaugural flight was scheduled for 19 September 2021, but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first flight finally took place on 6 March 2022. [3] The flights are operated by the Cypriot Tus Airways, with an Airbus A320. [4] Between 6 March 2022 and 24 March 2022 the flights were operated by the Polish charter airline Enter Air with Boeing 737-800.[ citation needed ]
However in May 2022, after only a few weeks of operations, Tel Aviv Air ceased flights and filed for bankruptcy. [2] [5]
As of May 2022, Tel Aviv Air served the following destinations: [6]
| Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Hamburg | Hamburg Airport | [7] | |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Ben Gurion Airport | [8] |
As of May 2022, the Tel Aviv Air fleet consisted of the following contracted aircraft:
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | — | 180 | 180 | operated by Tus Airways [ citation needed ] |
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