Note: Aside of the SMS Service you can also be assisted by the Online Flights Board and the advanced search mechanisms, which are available in this site. To view the Ben-Gurion Online Flights Board press here.
“Your parents are planned to come back from Europe and you’re on your way to pick them up. Oops, you forgot the flight number and you need to know the landing time. Don’t worry, send a short SMS message and receive detailed information about the flight estimated landing time and directions to the right terminal.
The new service enables users to receive accurate and up-to-date information about flights schedule departing from and arriving at all airports in Israel, regarding estimated and final times, departure terminals, and latest flight status by sending a short request written in ordinary language to shortcode 9595.
For the purpose of launching the new services, SMS message price is 49 agora for a limited period.
Few examples:
“I would like to receive information about the departure time of flights from Natbag to Paris”
“What is going on? Did the flight from Istanbul take off already?”
“When is flight LY 845 from Los Angeles suppose to land?”
“Elal flight from NY?”
“Fligths to Rome”
“What flights go to Boston tomorrow morning?”
User request can be written in Hebrew or in English.
The information regarding schedule flights has been obtained from sources outside the responsibility of the Airport Authority and does not imply any obligation on the part of the Airport Authority as to the accuracy and/or validity of such information.
The services is available for Cellcom, Pelephone, Mirs and Partner users.