Tel Aviv Air, A New German Airline Flying To Israel

Having formerly lived in Hamburg, my first reaction was that I didn't think there was a huge Jewish community there. Upon reading further that there are only 6,000 Jews in the greater northern German area confirmed this.

This airline is clearly going nowhere, but man, Beteiligungsgesellschaft is such a great word.

Odd that they are German based but named after the Israeli capital

Let the LCC's of the area try to undermine 2 huge German backers of a Germany based company.

You'll see revenge tactics even worse than those tried on Brexit that will prevent any non German company running the route.

Of course, I could be wrong about this.

PS @Morgan: Tel Aviv was the former capital, Jerusalem now is

Morgan - the capital of Israel is Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv.

It is? As I understand it Jerusalem has always been the capital, since independence, although most countries do not recognise it as such. Those countries, if they recognise the State of Israel at all, have their embassies in Tel Aviv but they don't consider it to be the capital. You may be referring to US recognition of Jerusalem's status, but that's a change of US policy not a change of reality on the ground.

The Clientele will most certainly be tourists and not necessarily the Jewish community. More than half the tourists – some 56% – who visit Israel are Christian, with approximately 19% defining themselves as pilgrims. Forty-one percent of Christian visitors are Catholic, 27% Protestants and 28% Orthodox.

The Israeli Capital is Jerusalem

Tel Aviv Air is only a socalled virtual airline. Enter Air is operating, being chartered by the travel organizer TAA.

Your presumptions are pretty wrong. You need to have lived in Hamburg to understand that. For years, since Air Germania went bust, Israelis, Jews and even Arabs living in Hamburg looked for an airline to offer direct flights. Almagor, who was in charge of the HH-TLV line under Air Germania talked to EVERYONE - EasyJet, Lufthansa, all of them said no. The Air Germania line was ALWAYS FULL, I remember trying to book but the flights were full. When I did get to take a flight, there were always waiting lists. When the line was cancelled people were in shock, many people, whole flights, who paid for the tickets, were left without the ticket or money. Air Germania admitted the the direct line to TLV was one of the only profitable ones, why the other airlines passed an opportunity, no idea. "Not enough planes", "previous commitments", etc., were some of the excuses. So yes, this line, from the second biggest city in Germany to Tel Aviv is very logical, thousands of people living here are sick and tired having to pay the double, pass through other countries, spending hours for nothing. And we don't want to go to Berlín either, hours drive, with all due respect. Smaller cities in Europe have direct flights, and if Frankfurt can, Hamburg and north Germany can too. And, by the way, if EasyJets picks up the glove, well, not that a big tragedy for Almagor either, TLV Air is not an airline with planes, pilots, etc., they charter everything. That said, Paul - you're wrong, yes I now you know the stats about pilgrims and so on, but pilgrims who go once in their life to Israel can drive to Berlin or Frankfurt. That's not the reason. The 5 times I took a direct flight forth and/or back, I knew at least several people in the flight, and then there were Israeli tourists, company packages, etc., in the summer tourists to the north and the Frisian islands and even south Dänmark, and -by the way- many many Arabs (one time I think half of the plane spoke Arabic). Germans (I mean "Germanic" Germans) were never the biggest part of the flight.

yes, you are wrong, The company already operates.