New Israeli airline recruiting pilots

A brand new airline presently being arrange, TUS IL, has began to recruit pilots, “Globes” has discovered. It’s believed that the corporate will begin business operations on the finish of the primary quarter of 2026.

The corporate is in search of skilled Airbus A320 pilots, and is providing a promotion observe to the rank of captain inside two years and after 3,000 flying hours. The corporate is headed by former Arkia CEO Nir Dagan.

TUS IL belongs to the Vacation Traces Group, an Israeli tourism group that owns Greek airline Blue Chicken and Cypriot airline TUS Airways. The brand new airline, which has already obtained a business license from the Ministry of Transport and is on the superior phases of acquiring an working license, will provide flights to close by locations with a flight time of 4 to 5 hours.

As a result of the 2 airways that Vacation Traces Group already owns are European, with European licenses, they’re restricted to providing flights from Israel to locations inside the EU, and are prevented from increasing to locations comparable to Georgia and Dubai, two locations that TUS IL plans to cowl.

Vacation Traces Group is owned by Ami Cohen and Arnon Englender. It is likely one of the greatest gamers within the tourism trade in Israel. Throughout the Swords of Iron conflict it benefited from a major rise within the exercise of TUS Airways and Blue Chicken, which remained operational virtually all through, with solely quick halts.

Is the market prepared for one more airline?

4 airways presently function in Israel: El Al (and its Solar D’Or subsidiary); Israir, Arkia, and Air Haifa, which started working throughout the conflict.

In contrast to Air Haifa, a brand new airline comparable to TUS IL working from Ben Gurion Airport will face broader competitors, primarily from Solar D’Or, Israir, and Arkia, which fly to locations outdoors the EU, amongst them Georgia and the UAE.

Printed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on December 25, 2025.

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