{"id":459387,"date":"2026-06-22T03:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/israir-first-airbus-a330-new-york-august-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:40:12","slug":"ex-american-airlines-a330-stored-since-2020-joins-israir-for-new-york-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=459387","title":{"rendered":"Ex-American Airlines A330 Stored Since 2020 Joins Israir For New York Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli carrier Israir<\/a><\/span> has taken delivery of the first of two Airbus A330-200<\/span><\/span> jets set to join the airline this month. The former American Airlines widebody \u2014 which has been in storage for over six years after it was mothballed during the COVID pandemic \u2014 flew into Israel from the US via a stopover in Cyprus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Israeli carrier will welcome two A330s to realize its long-haul ambitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[743,396,476,859,11385,404,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus-a330","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-ben-gurion-airport","category-israir","category-new-york-jfk-airport","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t