Wizz Air becomes Israel's most popular foreign airline

The list of most active airlines in Israel has undergone a revolution. After El Al in first place with 370,000 passengers, 28% of all passengers (down slightly, compared with January 2017), comes Wizz Air, which flew 74,500 passengers, 90% more than in January last year, making it the leading foreign airline in Israel, the Israel Airports Authority reports. In third place was British airline EasyJet which flew 73,000 passengers, 29% more than in January 2017. Regardless of relations between the countries, Turkish Airlines increased the number of its passengers in January by 37% to 69,000, putting it in fourth place. Passenger traffic at Ben Gurion Airport continued to climb in January, with 1.3m passengers, 15% more than in Jan 2017. <br/>