Israel Airports Authority

40 million passengers a year: Ben Gurion Airport launches major expansion of Terminal 3

The expansion of Terminal 3 will include a new 63,000-square-meter wing, 86 additional check-in counters, advanced baggage screening and sorting systems, and new retail and passenger service areas.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
Expansion of Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport.
Simulation of the new control center at Ben Gurion Airport.

Leap forward: Israel Airports Authority advances new national control center at Ben Gurion Airport

North and south air traffic control units will be unified into one national center integrating radar systems and new technology to improve safety.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
The F-35 "Adir" fighter jet.

IDF scrambles fighter jets after losing contact with commercial plane on its way to Israel

The IDF confirmed that communications with the flight were re-established and that a security incident aboard the plane was discarded.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
El Al plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, May 24, 2026.

Ben-Gurion Airport Terminal One to reopen ahead of school holidays after Iran war forced closure

Domestic flights will resume from Terminal One on June 28, followed by international flights on July 1.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Remotely-controlled Heron UAV lands in Ben-Gurion Airport

The unmanned aircraft took off from Ein Shemer Airfield in Northern Israel, an air force base, landed in Ben-Gurion Airport and then returned to Ein Shemer.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020ByDANIEL NISINMAN
Heron UAV as seen in Ben Gurion Airport

IAA presents airport labs tender that will allow opening the skies

“There’s no doubt Israeli flight must return,” Transportation Minister Miri Regev said, “I got the green go-ahead to do so from the Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu].”

AUGUST 6, 2020ByHAGAY HACOHEN
An Israeli flag is seen on the first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, as it lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv

Airport workers briefly halt all flights, protest government inaction

After approximately two hours, the dramatic strike action - impacting both passenger and cargo flights - was postponed.

JUNE 6, 2020ByEYTAN HALON, ALEX WINSTON
El Al Israel Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2020