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Thursday, June 19, 2025
El Al announces plans for next repatriation flights
Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel
El Al announces that it expects to operate two repatriation flights from long-haul destinations, one from New York and one from Bangkok, as part of the air mission to bring back Israelis stuck abroad since the start of the conflict with Iran on Friday.
The two flights from New York and from Bangkok are expected to take off tonight (Israel time) to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. Passengers assigned to these flights have been notified, El Al says.
On Friday, 14 El Al repatriation flights will land in Israel from various destinations that have not yet been announced, El Al says.
Starting next week, and subject to authorization from state and aviation authorities, El Al is preparing to operate repatriation flights from major destinations in the US and Europe.
European destinations from which flights are expected to depart include London, Paris, Larnaca, Athens and Rome. From the US, El Al hopes to operate repatriation flights from New York and Los Angeles, and in the Far East, from Bangkok.
El Al says its customers will be asked today to update their requested repatriation location, if they choose to change it, via an email that will be sent to them in the coming hours.
The Times of Israel Community.