Aliyah Flight:
Options & Schedule

Olim al Madim: Pre-Draft IDF Fair

Booking your Aliyah flight is an exciting and momentous milestone in your Aliyah journey, and we are delighted to assist you in making the necessary arrangements. Once you receive approval for your Aliyah flight benefit, the Nefesh B’Nefesh Flights Department will send you an email invitation to book your flight. Simply reply to the invitation with your preferred departure date and hub, and our team will work with you to coordinate your flight. Your journey is about to take flight, and we can’t wait to welcome you home!

For a list of upcoming flights, please contact your Aliyah Advisor or reach out to [email protected].

Please note: If you have not received an invitation to book your flight, your application may be missing required components. Please consult with your Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah advisor for assistance. To ensure timely processing, request your Aliyah flight at least three weeks in advance and pay the ticket processing fee, along with any outstanding Aliyah application fees.

Need more information? If you have Aliyah approval and want to ask questions
about booking your flight please email [email protected].

Types of Flights

Cluster Flight

Flexible Flight

  • Departure Cities: New York, Newark, Miami, Los Angeles.
  • 5-40 Olim on the flight (commercial EL AL flight).
  • Nefesh B’Nefesh staff are not present at the departure
or arrival of the flight.
  • Olim are greeted by Nefesh B’Nefesh staff or volunteers upon arrival at Ben Gurion.
  • During the months of July and August, Nefesh B’Nefesh staff will be present at select departures from Newark and JFK to provide a celebratory send-off for Olim.
  • Departure Cities: New York, Newark, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, Toronto.
  • Flexible Flight requests are made as needed when there is no flight available on our schedule during the preferred time you would like to fly.

Please note:
Flight reservations are subject to availability at the time of booking, requiring a three-week lead time.

  • If a Cluster or Group flight is scheduled from your desired departure hub within 10 days before or after your preferred flight date, you are required to take the available flight on our schedule.
  • EWR and JFK are interchangeable. For example, if a flight departs from EWR ( Newark, NJ), but you reside closer to JFK (New York, NY)  you must opt for the EWR departure if a flight is available during your preferred week of travel.
  • Flights from Toronto and Montreal will be booked on Air Canada.