Flights to Buenos Aires will operate on Sundays and Tuesdays on Dreamliner aircraft with three service classes. According to El Al, the flight is expected to take more than 16 hours and will mark the first direct connection of its kind between Israel and South America in more than a decade. The company said it is the longest route it currently operates.

At the same time, the airline also opened sales Thursday for its direct route to Seoul. The flights will begin in March 2027 and operate three times a week — on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturday nights — also on Dreamliner aircraft. Round-trip economy LITE fares will start at $1,199.

Shlomi Zafrany, El Al’s vice president of commercial and sales, said that “the opening of sales to the two destinations is part of a broader move to expand El Al’s route network, in which the company recently announced a series of new destinations in Asia, Europe and South America.”

The company said the event marked the launch of a broader effort to upgrade its in-flight culinary offering, with meal menus on long-haul flights and other company flights expected to be updated in the coming weeks.

Air Haifa also announced Thursday that it is renewing flights to Paphos and opening the summer season with its first seasonal flight to Rhodes. According to the company, the Paphos route will operate at a frequency of up to four flights a day, and the airline will offer up to 11 daily flights to Cyprus in total.

Later this month, Air Haifa is expected to launch flights to Crete, Karpathos and Mykonos, joining its existing network of destinations, which includes Athens, Larnaca and Eilat. Fares will start at $99 one way, subject to terms and availability.