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Proposed El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) flights linking Tel Aviv with Melbourne Tullamarine have moved a step closer after the airline and Victoria State Government signed a letter of intent (LOI) to begin services by June 2024.

The airline first indicated it was interested in flying to the Victorian capital prior to the pandemic. In late 2019, it flagged flights to begin in the second quarter of 2020. The idea was re-floated in mid-2022 amid a recovering aviation sector and the prospects of Saudi Arabia and Oman opening their airspace to Israeli airlines.

At the LOI signing ceremony in Tel Aviv on March 15, the state's minister for industry and innovation, Ben Carroll, said El Al would join a list of airlines resuming or starting flights to Melbourne that have been "supported" by the state government. The flights will add 44,000 seats a year in and out of the airport, he said, boosting the state's economy by AUD48 million Australian dollars (USD32 million) annually.

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