Ben Gurion AirportMain international airport of IsraelStatistics (2025)Source: Civil Aviation Authority of IsraelBen Gurion International Airport (Hebrew: נמל התעופה בן-גוריון, romanized: Nēmāl ha-tē‘ufā Bēn-Guriyôn; Arabic: مطار بن غوريون الدولي, romanized: Maṭār Bin Ġūriyūn ad-duwalī) (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym Natbag (נתב״ג), is the main international airport of Israel and the busiest in the country.
Aircraft hijackingIncident involving unlawful seizure of an aircraft in operation Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery, air piracy, or aircraft piracy, with the last term used within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States) is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group.
Flag carrierTransport company with preferential statusA Boeing 777-300ER of Korean Air, the flag carrier of South KoreaA flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given sovereign state, enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by that government for international operations.
IsraelIsrael, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea.
Tel AvivCity in Central IsraelCity in IsraelTel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the and with a population of 494,900, it is the economic and technological center of the country and a global high-tech hub.
Hebrew languageHebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. The language was revived as a spoken language in the 19th century, and is the only successful large-scale example of linguistic revival.
AmericasLandmass comprising North and South AmericaThe Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America. When viewed as a single continent, the Americas are the second largest continent by area after Asia and the third largest continent by population. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and constitute the "New World", in contrast to the "Old World" of Afro-Eurasia.
GenevaCity in SwitzerlandMunicipality in SwitzerlandGeneva ( ; French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône leaves Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy, which has led to it being called the "Peace Capital".
Middle EastTranscontinental geopolitical regionMap of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and South AsiaMiddle East map of Köppen climate classificationThe Middle East is a geo-political region that is generally defined as encompassing all of Egypt and all of West Asia except for the Caucasus. It roughly corresponds with what was historically referred to in Western Europe as the Near East, which was juxtaposed with the Far East.
AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers around 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With nearly 1.4 billion of the world population, Africa's population is the youngest among the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4.
Far EastBurmese nameBurmeseအရှေ့ဖျား ဒေသVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetViễn ĐôngChữ Hán遠東Thai nameThaiตะวันออกไกลRTGSTawan-ok KlaiKorean nameHangul극동Hanja極東Mongolian nameMongolian CyrillicАлс Дорнод Als DornodJapanese nameKanji極東HiraganaきょくとうKatakanaキョクトウMalay nameMalayتيمور جاوه Timur JauhIndonesian nameIndonesianTimur JauhFilipino nameTagalogᜃᜐᜒᜎᜅᜈᜈ᜔ Kasilanganan ᜐᜒᜎᜅᜈᜈ᜔ Silanganan (poetic) ᜋᜎᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜎᜅᜈ᜔ Malayong Silangan (literal)Uyghur nameUyghurشەرقىي ئاسىيا Şerqiy AsiyaШәрқий АсияTamil nameTamilதூர கிழக்கு Tūra KiḻakkuPortuguese namePortugueseExtremo OrienteRussian nameRussianДальний Восток IPA:RomanizationDál'niy VostókLao nameLaoຕາເວັນອອກໄກ Taven-ok kaiKhmer nameKhmerចុងបូព៌ាChong BopeaTetun nameTetunDok Lorosa'eThe Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Russian Far East.
ArabicCentral Semitic languageArabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.