Arkia will begin flying to London next month—not to Heathrow Airport, but to the secondary Stansted Airport—and promises to do so at a price starting from $299 one way (not including a suitcase).
According to the company, it will operate six weekly flights to the British capital on Sundays and Mondays: Departure from Tel Aviv at 12:50 PM, return from London at 5:30 PM. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays: departure from Tel Aviv at 10:50 AM. The return from London will be at 3:45 PM.
In the months of September and October, the company will operate three weekly flights—on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
Filling the vacuum left by foreign airlines
The flights will land, as mentioned, at Stansted Airport. From the terminal, a direct express train departs to Liverpool Street Station in the city center, in a 45-minute ride.
Arkia is once again stepping into the vacuum left behind by foreign airlines—this time it's British Airways, which postponed its return to Israel to the end of October 2025. Arkia also began operating flights to Munich for the month of August only, at a price of nearly $1,000, as Lufthansa continued to delay its return date during the war with Iran. However, even though the company’s CEO Oz Berlowitz said the price of $489 one way was a “mistake,” most of the flights to Munich listed on the company’s website are still priced at $400–$500 one way.
According to Berlowitz: “We are attentive to the needs expressed by our customers, and as we promised, we are now implementing and responding to the high demand for the route beloved by Israelis. Almost every week, we add another destination to our route map—to familiar and beloved places that have not yet returned to full operation, and now also to the unofficial capital of Israelis in Europe. Stansted Airport is fast, convenient, and efficient, with excellent transportation access, and it provides a great solution and accessibility to central London.”