United Airlines is bringing back nonstop flights between San Francisco and Tel Aviv, restoring a major link between Israel and the Bay Area as American carriers gradually rebuild service following months of regional disruption.

The airline plans to restart the route on March 28, 2027, with three flights per week. United says the service will offer more business-class seats between San Francisco and Tel Aviv than any competing airline, reinforcing a route that connects two major global technology centers and serves a large Israeli and Jewish population in Northern California.

The announcement came as part of the largest international network expansion in United’s history, with the airline adding 10 international destinations and several new routes across Europe and Asia. Unlike many of those additions, however, San Francisco-Tel Aviv marks the revival of a route United previously operated before repeated Middle East conflicts forced U.S. airlines to suspend Israel service.

United will not have the route to itself. El Al is scheduled to restore its own nonstop Tel Aviv-San Francisco service on October 25 after more than six years away, operating three flights per week. By next spring, travelers could therefore have two airlines competing nonstop between Israel and the Bay Area, a significant change after a prolonged period of limited capacity.

The San Francisco announcement is also part of a much broader United return to Israel. The carrier currently plans to restart two daily Newark-Tel Aviv flights on September 8, while service from Chicago and Washington, D.C., is scheduled to return in October. Delta is expected back on the New York-Tel Aviv route two days earlier, on September 6.

The return of major U.S. carriers could gradually restore competition and capacity on routes that have faced unusually high fares and limited availability during repeated airline suspensions. For United, which historically operated more Israel service than any other U.S. airline, the San Francisco restart is another step toward rebuilding the extensive U.S.-Israel network it maintained before the latest disruptions.