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I need to get from Haifa to the Ben-Gurion airport (codename TLV), on a Saturday, for an afternoon flight; let's say I need to be at the main terminal (Terminal 3) by 14:00.

As is well-known, however, most Israeli public transport does not run on Saturday, so - no inter-city bus or railway service. Also, suppose I don't have anyone to drive me there.

I would obviously prefer not to pay through my teeth for a private taxi, and more generally - am willing to put up with a longer ride to get a sane price.

What are my options?

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The Amal Taxi service

The Amal taxi station does group rides from Haifa to Ben-Gurion airport on Saturdays. However, there isn't a fixed regular schedule for those, and they're not super-frequent. Thus they might only have a van/taxi leaving very early in the morning, or late in the afternoon etc. They leave from He-Halutz Street 6 (in Hadar Ha-Carmel neighborhood). Their phone numbers: +972-4-8662324 , +972-4-8676444 (or 04-8662324 , 04-8676444 locally). The price should be something like 65 or 70 NIS.

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There's a second way to use Amal, actually. They have these mini-van taxis leaving for Tel-Aviv with high frequency - usually once every 20-30 min or so; and those cost 45 min. Now, you can either look for a taxi to the airport when you arrive (say, at the Tel Aviv Savidor train & bus station compound); or hail a taxi from some taxi station, or using a mobile app like Gett - Or you might get Amal themselves to arrange something like this for you. I managed to secure this arranged for 200 NIS overall (i.e. 45 + 155).

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The last-ditch, overly-expensive solution:

You can get a private taxi to take you from Haifa to Ben-Gurion airport for 350 NIS or thereabouts (e.g. here or here).

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