In an effort to cope with the expected rush during the Passover holiday, a second terminal will start operating at Ben-Gurion Airport.
The terminal, normally used for domestic flights, is being converted to handle international charter flights.
On Sunday alone, some 230 flights carrying more than 40,000 passengers are expected to pass through Ben-Gurion.
But most of the traffic will be leaving the country, because many Israelis traditionally use the holiday to travel abroad.
Hotels throughout Israel reported that they expected a 20 percent drop in room occupancy compared to 1995.
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