Ayit Aviation and Tourism


Ayit Aviation and Tourism is an Israeli domestic airline established in 1985 and reorganized in 2008.

History

Ayit flew between Sde Dov Airport, near Tel Aviv, and Ben Ya'akov Airport near Rosh Pinna. As part of its agreement to operate the route, the airline agreed that IDF personnel would be allowed to fly from Tel Aviv to Rosh Pinna for free. 12,000 tickets were given to the Defense Ministry as a result.
A new route from the Rosh Pina Airport to Eilat Airport was announced in 2016. Due to the closure of Sde Dov Airport in 2019 the company no longer maintains flight routes to and from the airport.
As of 2023, Ayit is exclusively chartered by the IDF to transport military personnel between airbases during the ongoing Gaza war.

Fleet

The Ayit fleet consists of the following aircraft:
AircraftTotalRoutes\OperationsNotes
Embraer ERJ 145ER1Domestic, International
Embraer ERJ 145LR2Domestic, International
Short 3601Domestic and short haul
Cessna 1521Domestic, Flight training
Cessna 1722Domestic, Flight training
Cessna 2061Domestic
Cessna 4141Domestic
BN-2 Islander1Domestic
PA-31-350 Chieftain1Domestic
Piper PA-321Domestic
Short SC.7 Skyvan1Skydiving