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Ben Gurion International Airport [a] (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym Natbag (נתב״ג ), is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on outskirts north of the city of Lod and directly south of the city of Or Yehuda , it is the busiest airport in the country.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. David Ben-Gurion דָּוִד בֶּן־גּוּרִיּוֹן Ben-Gurion in 1960 1st Prime Minister of Israel In office 3 November 1955 – 26 June 1963 President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Zalman Shazar Preceded by Moshe Sharett Succeeded by Levi Eshkol In office 17 May 1948 – 7 December 1953 ...
The airport, named after the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, is the hub of El Al Israel Airlines, Israir Airlines, Arkia Israel Airlines, and Sun D'Or. Today, Terminal 3 is used for international flights and Terminal 1, for domestic flights. The airport has three runways and is jointly used by commercial, private, and military ...
Ben Gurion Day was created by the Israeli Knesset as part of the Ben-Gurion Law. According to the law, Ben-Gurion Day shall be held once a year, on Kislev 6, the date of David Ben-Gurion's death. On this day state memorial services shall be marked by the institutions of the State of Israel, on bases of the Israel Defense Forces, and in schools ...
From its earliest days, the operation of the airline in keeping with Jewish tradition has been a source of friction; when the Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion was forming his first coalition, the religious parties would not join unless Ben-Gurion promised that El Al would serve only kosher food on its flights and would not fly on the ...
This is a list of the busiest airports in the Middle East (handling more than 5,000,000 passengers per year), ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers.
David Ben-Gurion, Chairman of the Jewish Agency, declaring the establishment of the State of Israel, in Tel Aviv, May 14, 1948. Ben-Gurion became Israel's first Prime Minister. Frustrated with the United Kingdom's continued anti-Zionist stance, the Jewish Agency helped put together an agreement signed by the Hagannah, the Irgun , and the Lehi ...
Arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport's Terminal 3. Israel has 47 airports, the largest are Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) located near Tel Aviv, Ramon Airport serving Eilat and Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport. In 2017, Ben Gurion Airport handled nearly 21 million passengers and was the busiest airport in the Eastern ...