El Al Sets November 29 Launch for Nonstop Tel Aviv to Buenos Aires Flights
El Al is scheduled to begin nonstop flights from Tel Aviv to Buenos Aires on 29 November 2026, with two weekly services linking Ben Gurion Airport and Ezeiza International Airport.
Argentina's civil aviation authority, ANAC, approved the airline's schedule in May, specifying Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with 271 seats. Argentina's embassy in Israel has since confirmed the launch date and the nonstop service. The route turns an announcement by Javier Milei and Benjamin Netanyahu in April into a scheduled connection between the two countries.
Two Flights a Week, Without a Stopover
The published schedule lists departures from Tel Aviv on Sundays and Tuesdays. ANAC's approval lists the return departures from Buenos Aires on Mondays and Wednesdays. The service is nonstop in both directions, removing the connection in a third country that travelers have generally needed for this journey.
El Al's own Americas destination page gives 29 November as the start of direct Buenos Aires flights. The Argentine embassy says the route will cover more than 12,000 kilometers.
The Published Flight Time
FlightConnections and Flight.info list an outbound duration of 16 hours and 25 minutes from Ben Gurion Airport. Another timetable provider, 2LNR, shows 16 hours and 35 minutes and a different departure time for the inaugural flight. Travelers should therefore take the exact departure and arrival times from their El Al booking confirmation. The journey crosses time zones and reaches Argentina the following day, making the arrival date essential when arranging an airport pickup.
An April Announcement Gains a Start Date
At their meeting on 19 April, Milei and Netanyahu announced the direct connection as part of closer bilateral relations. The Argentine presidency's statement and the published transcript of Milei's remarks referred to flights beginning in November.
The visit also included cooperation on artificial intelligence and the launch of the Isaac Accords, a framework intended to expand cooperation between Israel, Argentina and like minded countries in the Western Hemisphere. Their joint declaration identified security, technology, trade and efforts against terrorism and antisemitism among its areas of cooperation.
The embassy traces earlier work on the route to Milei's June 2025 visit and efforts by Ambassador Axel Wahnish.
Planning Beyond the Ticket
The new route serves family visits, business travel and tourism in both directions. Argentina's embassy says almost 34,000 Israeli tourists visited the country in 2025. Buenos Aires also gives travelers an entry point for onward trips elsewhere in Argentina, although domestic connections require their own planning and sufficient transfer time.
Travelers continuing beyond Tel Aviv should also plan onward transport within Israel around their actual arrival day and time.
