Filenews 17 August 2025 - by Dora Christodoulou
The absence of any trace of Israeli tourism from Paphos in the previous months, due to the military operations in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Iran, has now been replaced by a very dense flight schedule between Tel Aviv and Haifa with Paphos, to the point that there is, vividly, talk of the "occupation" of the airport by Israelis.
Flights from Israel to Paphos have resumed for good now, with airlines of the neighbouring country recording on a daily basis even three or more flights each to and from Paphos International Airport. Although it is now too late to regain the capital position of this country on the tourist map of arrivals on the island, the rapid increase in flights in recent weeks is being met with feelings of satisfaction and relief to the local authorities, who are looking forward to a better immediate future with the full normalization of the situation on the battlefields.
These flights are now operated by the entire fleet of Israeli airlines, including EL AL, while in addition to commercial air carriers, private jet traffic from the neighbouring country to Paphos is now very dense
