At the same year Issta leased airplanes and began marketing cheaper flights to Athens, Greece.

Issta continued functioning as a charter operator and cruise retailer and during the 1960s turned Athens Airport into its hub.

In the summer of 1978, Issta leased an aircraft from El Al for a season and operated student charter flights from Tel Aviv to European destinations.

Later that summer Issta operated 2 weekly flights to New York in an aircraft leased from 'El Al Charter Services Ltd.' (later Sun d'Or International Airlines).

Issta Direct Call Centre began operating as an informational telephone line in the beginning of the 1990s.