Israeli flag carrier El Al announced Sunday that it will operate 20 weekly flights to Britain next winter to meet heightened demand, its most ever on the route.

The airline will offer 15 flights a week to London’s Heathrow Airport—Europe’s busiest airport—as well as five weekly flights to Luton Airport, starting in late October.

The move comes as direct flights between the two countries this summer remain oversold, sending airfares soaring.

The Tel Aviv-London route is currently serviced only by Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia, with flights by Hungarian budget carrier Wizz Air on the line resuming later this month.

El Al has posted record-profits over the past two years of war, when it often operated as a virtual monopoly.

British Airways and the London-based budget carrier E

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