Sun D’Or to launch direct flights from Tokyo to Tel Aviv, Israel in September, 2019

Sun d’Or airlines, a subsidiary of Israeli airline El Al will launch direct flights from Tokyo, Japan to Tel Aviv, Israel starting September 2019. The new flight path will fly direct between Narita Airport, Tokyo in Japan to Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv in Israel. The first flight will depart from Tel Aviv and is scheduled for September 13, 2019. On September 14, 2019, the first flight is scheduled to depart from Tokyo back to Tel Aviv.

The new direct flight route should take approximately 11.5 hours to fly between Israel and Japan. Israeli tourism to Japan and vice versa has seen a recent increase, in 2018 some 35,000 travelers flew between Israel and Japan compared to only 15,000 five years earlier, according to the Foreign Ministry. Most tourists were traveling from Israel to Japan, to tour the country, however, there are a growing number of Japanese visitors to Israel as well.