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El Al Flight 402 disaster: 70 years later the mystery lives on. Why has this traumatic national event been forgotten?

TIMES OF ISRAEL The El Al plane crash you never heard of Lili Eylon August 4, 2023 It was El Al’s regular semi-weekly flight from London via Paris and Vienna to Tel Aviv, carrying 51 passengers and seven crew members. … Continue reading

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El Al captain politicizes the Holocaust, drawing analogy to Israel’s current political scene and it doesn’t go well

JERUSALEM POST It’s time for El Al to clip some wings Ruthie Blum April 20, 2023 El Al Airlines captain Doron Ginzburg was reportedly summoned to a pre-termination hearing on Wednesday due to an outrageous statement that he made over … Continue reading

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“Last week, the US Department of Transportation officially complained to its Israeli counterpart after only El Al was granted an exception to continue flying into Israel despite the border closure, Israeli government sources confirmed”

JERUSALEM POST US threatens to ban Israeli planes landing in America – report by Lahav Harkov, Eve Young February 14, 2021 If American planes are not allowed to operate emergency flights to Israel, Israeli planes will not be allowed to … Continue reading

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Sirkis also points out that normalization with Morocco will also shorten the flight path for the six-hour flights it operates between Tel Aviv and Tenerife in southern Spain

GLOBES El Al, Israir, Arkia plan daily Morocco flights by Michal Raz-Chaimovitz December 11, 2020 El Al Israel Airlines is planning at least one daily flight between Israel and Morocco using Dreamliners for the five hour journey, sources inform “Globes.” … Continue reading

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El Al now owned by 27-year-old yeshiva student

YESHIVA WORLD El Al Announces Resumption Of Flights Following Rozenberg’s Purchase Of 42.9% Of The Co. September 18, 2020 El Al announced on Thursday that it is resuming passenger flights from October 1 and cargo flights from September 21, Army … Continue reading

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United Airlines going nonstop Chicago-Tel Aviv

JERUSALEM POST United Airlines to launch Tel Aviv-Chicago route in September by Zachary Keyser July 7, 2020 United Airlines said this week it was further expanding its international schedule in September by adding new nonstop flights between Chicago and Tel … Continue reading

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“El Al direct flight from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv shortened by 2 hours; Sudanese authorities insisted aircraft enter its airspace only after local TV news broadcasts end”

TIMES OF ISRAEL In fresh sign of warming ties, Israeli airliner enters Sudan’s airspace by Raphael Ahren and Michael Bachner June 4, 2020 An El Al plane flying from Argentina crossed through Sudan’s airspace on Thursday, the first Israeli airliner … Continue reading

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“No flights from US to be banned; Holland added to list of restricted countries”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel reportedly decides on self-quarantine for arrivals from NY, Wash., CA by Staff March 8, 2020 Passengers arriving in Israel from New York, Washington state, and California will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days under new … Continue reading

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“It’s a catastrophe,” an El Al official told Kan News, “The airlines here will collapse within weeks”

YESHIVA WORLD El Al Warns It Will Imminently Collapse; Plans To Fire 1,000 People Due To Coronavirus Losses February 27, 2020 Israel became the first country on Wednesday to advise its citizens to halt all unnecessary travel abroad in light … Continue reading

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In 2020: Chicago-Tel Aviv non-stop

GLOBES El Al to launch Tel Aviv – Chicago flights by Michal Raz-Chaimovich February 28, 2019 El Al Israel Airlines Ltd is continuing its policy of strengthening its Israel-US business and will launch flights between Tel Aviv and Chicago next … Continue reading

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