The company will operate four weekly flights between Tel Aviv and Munich on the wide-bodied Airbus A340-330 which can carry 12-15 tons of cargo

Air cargo has recorded a sharp fall, 22,342 tons compared to 32,445 tons in January last year. El Al recorded a drop of 33.9% in cargo carried

Peltransport coordinated the assembly of the sensitive cargo at a specially designated container freight station

The animals flew on direct flight to Frankfurt where they stayed for a period of 14 hours at the Frankfurt Animal Lounge

Details released by the company Lufthansa point out a 120% growth in booking made by tourists for the year 2008, compared to 2007

Transportation Ministry Director-General Gideon Siterman said last week that in 2007 competition among airlines flying to Israel had intensified

The German carrier Lufthansa is understood to have been planning the resumption of daily flights from Munich to Tel Aviv, starting in April 2008

The three Israeli airlines carried two million passengers altogether during the first half, down 2.5% on the corresponding half