(haipo) – Airports Authority data for September 2025 reveal a new and exciting reality: Haifa Airport recorded a dramatic jump in passenger and aircraft traffic on both domestic and international flights.
Behind this impressive renewal is Air Haifa, which is returning Haifa to the Israeli and international aviation map and giving hope to the residents of the north.
Unprecedented data in domestic and international aviation
According to the Airports Authority report for September 2025, there was an increase in passenger traffic of more than 3,300% in takeoffs and landings on domestic flights from Haifa Airport, compared to September 2024, and an increase of 31,000% compared to the entire year 2024.
In international aviation, this is an even sharper jump: over 34,700% in takeoffs and landings compared to September 2024 to 221,000% cumulatively compared to 2024.
The number of aircraft also saw a sharp increase in 2025, with domestic flights up 1,984% compared to 2024 and international flights up more than 10,000%. The data indicates an unprecedented revival, evidence that Haifa is once again becoming a significant gateway to northern Israel.
Air Haifa – New Northern Pride
The impressive surge is led by Air Haifa, which was established in 2024 and began flying regularly from Haifa Airport to destinations in Israel and abroad. The company places emphasis on connecting the north to the world, with flights to destinations such as Eilat, Larnaca and Rhodes, and ATR 72-600 aircraft – one of the most economical in the world, designed for short and comfortable flights.
Air Haifa It is the first Israeli airline in over 30 years to be established in the north, and it brings with it a new spirit of innovation, personal service and high accessibility. During the Larnaca-Haifa rescue operation, the company demonstrated impressive public commitment by operating nine daily flights to Haifa Port, strengthening the sense of local pride.
In addition, the company offers affordable prices, for example: a flight to Rhodes starting at just $149 one way, and makes an easy, fast and pleasant flight experience accessible to residents of Haifa and the north, right from home.
The future is here – Haifa is back on the map
The Ministry of Transportation and the Airports Authority are already examining plans to expand the runway and upgrade the terminal, to meet the growing demand. If the trend continues, Haifa could become a major northern aviation hub in the coming years, one that will also strengthen tourism, the economy, and employment in the entire north.
The cooperation between the Airports Authority, the Haifa Municipality, and Air Haifa marks the opening of a new era of regional accessibility, tourism, and economic development, an era in which Haifa is not only a port city, but also a thriving aviation city.
We flew several times from Haifa to Cyprus and back.
We are very pleased with the attitude of the ground crew and the welcome received by the aircraft crew.
You could fly more if your booking website was understandable.
You have a website that is not only unfriendly, but downright hostile.
There is no other website so bad and incomprehensible.
We have given up on you.
My friends have given up on you.
I can't talk to you.
You make every effort to function without human contact. Simply stupid.
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When will they approve a significant extension of the runway, and then the airport will truly be international and not just as far as Greece???
Already extend the route, we're out.
It's just that Eilat is hard for them to get to, probably a short route.
Unfortunately, the data is incorrect and makes a comparison against a period when most of the field was shut down.
Beyond that, Air Haifa's prices are not worth it. And it's cheaper and faster to fly with luggage to Athens with a jet plane from Manta than a noisy turboprop from Haifa.
Several times I compared Air Haifa to other deals and discovered that the price was not attractive at all, beyond the feeling of being overseas at Ben Gurion Airport compared to the feeling of a neighborhood grocery store at the airport in Haifa.
What nonsense. For residents of the north, Haifa Airport is 10 times better than Ben Gurion Airport, and for residents of Haifa and the Kiryat Shmona, it is 100 times better.
I have flown a lot with Air Haifa to Athens and I want to say that I really enjoyed flying with them. The entire check-in process was quick and easy. Thank you Air Haifa.
I flew with Air Haifa for the first time to Athens about a month ago and I'm about to return there again – with Air Haifa, of course.
I've flown most of the major airlines, including... ahem... El Al. I've flown in their business class...
There is nothing to compare.
From the attitude of Air Haifa's flight crew to their customer service, it's not for nothing that Haifa has been put on the tourism map.
May they continue like this 🙏🏻
Thank God and thank God🙏The time has come long ago….
He will truly find great success, but the flight prices to Eilat are crazy. It's a shame there's no government intervention.
Overseas prices are shamefully cheap
There are no flights to Eilat.
Let's extend the field now!!
I left the house at 6:00 in the morning,
I took a bus from the mansion to the Gulf Center, from there bus number 100 to the airport. I arrived on time and boarded the flight to Cyprus. At 8:45 I got off the plane in Cyprus.
How much is 31,000% of zero? A trick?
Why don't you give absolute numbers, or a comparison to Ben Gurion Airport, or Eilat?
Congratulations and much success to Air Haifa!
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A big change for the city and the north has been long overdue. It will elevate Haifa, which is a very special city, a combination of mountains and sea and holy places from all over the world. It will bring in tourists in large numbers. It will bring in foreign currency. The economy will prosper. There will be jobs. Big companies will come to the city and the city will grow because there will be good attraction and accessibility from all over the world. This makes the difference between a vibrant city and a dead city. Now expand the airport by another 300 meters and larger planes will arrive. If tourists and the city develop, it is time for Haifa to be on the map because it is the most beautiful city in Israel and in the Middle East. Forward, Haifa, to victory.
Quoting these percentages is embarrassing.
Whoever issued such announcements based on months in 2024 when the field could not operate and presented this as a jump of thousands and tens of thousands of percent is an absolute fool.
It's a playground when more passengers fly at Ben Gurion Airport in one day than a quarter with Air Haifa.
Right… and yet…
We went from nothing to a little.
Let it remain a simple, accessible, and popular home toy.
Anyone who wants a sleepless night, leaving 5 hours before the flight, and all the mess of Ben Gurion Airport should take the night train to Ben Gurion Airport.
Just the thought of it makes me want to fly.