A brand new airline at present being arrange, TUS IL, has began to recruit pilots, “Globes” has discovered. It’s believed that the corporate will begin industrial operations on the finish of the primary quarter of 2026.
The corporate is searching for 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.
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TUS IL belongs to the Vacation Traces Group, an Israeli tourism group that owns Greek airline Blue Chook and Cypriot airline TUS Airways. The brand new airline, which has already obtained a industrial license from the Ministry of Transport and is on the superior levels of acquiring an working license, will supply 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 among the largest gamers within the tourism business in Israel. In the course of the Swords of Iron warfare it benefited from a major rise within the exercise of TUS Airways and Blue Chook, which remained operational nearly all through, with solely brief halts.
Is the market prepared for an additional airline?
4 airways at present function in Israel: El Al (and its Solar D’Or subsidiary); Israir, Arkia, and Air Haifa, which started working through the warfare.
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 exterior the EU, amongst them Georgia and the UAE.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on December 25, 2025.
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