Ben-Gurion International Airport's Terminal 1 is scheduled to reopen for full international operations on June 1 after its temporary closure during the COVID pandemic, the Israel Airports Authority said on Wednesday.
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About 250,000 passengers on 1,600 flights are expected to depart from Terminal 1 in June, according to the statement.
During the closure, flights from Ben-Gurion departed from Terminal 3, except during a brief period when Terminal 3 was closed for infrastructure work and flights took off from and landed at Terminal 1.
According to the IAA, the opening of the terminal will allow flights to 23 destinations, mostly in Europe. A total of 12 airlines will operate flights from Terminal 1, including Israeli airlines and low-budget European carriers including Ryanair, Wizz Air and EasyJet.
Traffic has picked up at the airport since COVID travel restrictions were eased, and some 1.9 million international travelers are expected to pass through Ben-Gurion Airport in the month of June.
As of May 21, the Health Ministry no longer required that Israelis or foreigners arriving at the airport undergo PCR tests, and the mandate to wear masks on ingoing and outgoing flights ended Monday, May 23.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
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