Israeli airline Sun d’Or announced that, in cooperation with Israel’s national airline El Al, it is to launch new direct flights between Tel Aviv and Vilnius International Airport as of June 20th this year.

Flights from Vilnius International Airport to Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport are scheduled once a week – on Wednesdays. Arrival to Vilnius is scheduled at 9:50 a.m., departure from Vilnius – at 11:15 a.m. The duration of the flight to Tel Aviv is 4 hours and 20 min.There is no doubt that this important event will further contribute to reconnecting the two states and nations, to promoting bilateral relations, trade, investment and tourism growth.

This is indeed a very good news to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Israel.

El Al flights will be operated by an airplane “Boeing 757-200” with 210 passenger seats. Passengers will be offered approximately 1,600 seats per month. With regard to aircraft loading, ticket sales and other factors, the airlines will decide on possibly higher frequency of flights.

Israel’s airline Sun D’Or is operating in Ben Gurion International Airport, its main partner is Israel’s national airline El Al. The majority of flights operated by Sun d’Or are tourist flights to various European cities.