In some cases, passengers were already on board their planes while their luggage remained on the ground.

Bags are now accepted only three hours before departure, a change that mainly affects Israeli airlines and has already contributed to lost luggage and longer waits, while parking…

Two weeks ago, only a third of Ben Gurion Airport flights left on time; daily traffic has since topped 100,000, while average delays jumped from 40 to 74.3 minutes and…