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Is There a Sherut From Ben Gurion Airport?
Updated September 2026 · 4 min read · לגרסה בעברית
The Short Answer
No. The Nesher shared taxi to Jerusalem and the Amal service to Haifa have both stopped, and there was never a scheduled sherut to Tel Aviv. What leaves the airport today is the train (not on Shabbat), a licensed taxi from the Terminal 3 stand, or a pre-booked transfer. The cheap shared option now has to be assembled by passengers themselves: the meter is per taxi, so splitting it four ways to Tel Aviv costs about the same each as a train ticket.
The Short Version
If you read somewhere that a yellow van waits outside arrivals and leaves for Jerusalem when it fills, that page is out of date. That service was Nesher, and it is gone. The Haifa equivalent, Amal, is gone too. The advice survives all over the web because nobody updates a travel post after the operator stops, and people land expecting a ten-shekel ride that no longer exists.
What Stopped, and Where
| Route | Operator | Status | What is left |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airport to Jerusalem | Nesher | Discontinued | Train, taxi, private transfer |
| Airport to Haifa | Amal | Discontinued | Train, taxi, private transfer |
| Airport to Tel Aviv | None comparable | Never a scheduled airport sherut | Train, bus, taxi |
What to Do Instead
- The train, from the station under Terminal 3, is the cheapest option whenever it runs. Not from Friday afternoon to Saturday night, and thinner overnight.
- A licensed taxi from the official stand outside Terminal 3, dispatched through Gett from the app or the kiosks. It runs on the regulated meter and works at every hour, including Shabbat.
- A pre-booked transfer if you are landing on Shabbat or a holiday with a group and want the car waiting. You pay for the certainty.
- Splitting a taxi with other passengers, which is the closest thing left to what the sherut did: one taxi, several people going the same way, the meter divided between them.
One thing to avoid: people who approach you inside the terminal offering a ride. They are not the stand, they are not on the meter, and there is nobody to complain to afterwards.
What Sharing Costs Now
The regulated fare is per taxi, not per person, so the arithmetic that made a sherut cheap still works; it just has to be organised by the passengers instead of by an operator. Daytime meter, from the airport:
| Destination | Alone | Two share | Four share | Train |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tel Aviv | ₪130 to 160 | ₪72 each | ₪36 each | ₪11.5 |
| Jerusalem | ₪280 to 330 | ₪151 each | ₪76 each | ₪21 |
| Haifa | ₪595 to 695 | ₪318 each | ₪159 each | ₪30.5 |
| Beer Sheva | ₪515 to 605 | ₪276 each | ₪138 each | ₪30.5 |
Full disclosure, this is our site and PairMee exists to make that last column happen: write your trip in one sentence, see the people landing around the same time going the same way, and approve who joins you. Nobody is committed until the person who posted the ride says yes, posting is free, and there are women-only rides for anyone who prefers them. It is not a scheduled service and we do not run the taxi; it is a way to find the other passengers the sherut used to find for you.
Sheruts Elsewhere in Israel
Route-based sherut minibuses still exist. They run fixed lines at a price per person set by the Ministry of Transport, mostly within and between cities, and some keep running on Shabbat when buses do not, which is why they still matter. None of them is an airport service, and none is door to door: you board at a stop on the route and get off on the route.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there still a sherut from Ben Gurion Airport?
No. The Nesher shared-taxi service to Jerusalem and the Amal service to Haifa have both been discontinued, and there was never a comparable scheduled sherut to Tel Aviv. Many guides and forum answers still recommend them, which is why people arrive looking for a van that is not there.
What replaced the airport sherut?
Nothing, as a service. What is left is the train when it runs, a licensed taxi from the Terminal 3 stand, a pre-booked private transfer, or sharing a taxi with other passengers and splitting the meter between you.
Are sheruts gone from Israel entirely?
No. Route-based sherut minibuses still run in and between some cities, on fixed lines at a fixed price per person set by the Ministry of Transport, and some operate on Shabbat. They are not the door-to-door airport service that Nesher was, and none of them serves the airport as a scheduled line.
What is the cheapest way out of Ben Gurion now?
The train, when it runs and your destination is near a station: ₪11.5 to Tel Aviv, ₪21 to Jerusalem. On Shabbat, at night, or with heavy luggage, a taxi shared between passengers is the next cheapest, because the regulated fare is per taxi and divides by however many ride.
Is the free airport shuttle a sherut?
No. The shuttle the Airports Authority runs only moves people between Terminal 1, Terminal 3 and the long-term parking. It does not leave the airport grounds.
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