
08.09.08
US Airways to begin nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Israel
US Airways would become the third US carrier to fly nonstop flights to Israel. The new daily service will commence on July 2009

01.09.08
Zim adds Genoa call to its ZCS service
The ZCS service deploys 15 containerships with capacities of TEU 5,000 in the weekly service. The company will continue to call Livorno

25.08.08
U.S. Airways to apply for direct Philadelphia-Tel Aviv line
The proposed Tel Aviv route would be the longest nonstop segment in the US Airways network

25.08.08
Central Bureau of Statistics: Israel leads OECD in R&D
In fixed prices, Israel's expenditure on civilian R&D rose by 7.2% in 2007, over the year before, after rising by 3.3% in 2006 and 4.5% in 2005

25.08.08
Iberia will fly A340s on Madrid -Tel Aviv route
Iberia is to increase capacity on two of the 14 weekly flight the company operates on this route starting Sep. 1st

11.08.08
Israir will end its New York flights in September
Israir reportedly decided to suspend its New York flights because of escalating fuel prices and in expectation of a drop in the number of passengers

11.08.08
Eldan Cargo 2000 signed exclusivity agreement with Shipco
Eldan noted that it intends to increase the present volume of import from the USA and become amajor player in the LCL sector

04.08.08
American Airlines & El Al To begin Code-Share
The partnership will allow passengers on American Airlines flights to easily connect to El Al nonstop routes. The code-sharing agreement would begin on September 2
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