Ben Gurion's Terminal 1 reopens: Here's why that matters for Passover travel

Ben Gurion Airport's Terminal 1 is reopening on April 1, which means that more low cost companies will return to service Israel and provide Israelis with more options for reasonable travel rates, according to a report today (Thursday) by Globes.

Terminal 1, which has lower fees for use than Terminal 3 due to a smaller number of amenities such as the size of the lounge and the available stores, was closed twice during the war - once at the war's outset and a second time several months later.

This led many low cost companies such as Ryanair to refuse to service Israel at all, as they claimed that the fees charged by Terminal 3 made it not worth their while to come to Israel. Israeli sources claim that this was exaggerated and that the effective difference between use of Terminal 1 and 3 amounted to less than $20 per passenger.

Either way, about 1,400 flights are expected to leave and land in Terminal 1 in April, just in time for the very busy Passover holiday season for Israelis.

Ever since the war began, Israelis have struggled when it comes to travel arrangements for business or personal reasons, as multiple airlines often left for days, months, and even years formally, leaving people dependent on the increasingly expensive local options which continued to operate despite the war and the threat of missiles and rockets hitting the airport.