El Al announces war-restricted flight schedule to 12 major cities ahead of Passover

Ahead of the Passover holiday, Israel flag carrier El Al says it will operate a war-restricted flight schedule to 12 major cities in the US, Europe, and Asia next week, subject to Home Front Command restrictions.

Between March 21 and 28, El Al will operate flights to New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, Bangkok, Phuket, Tokyo, Paris, London, Milan, Madrid, Munich, and Athens. Outbound flights will be limited to 130 passengers per aircraft, according to restrictions by the Transportation Ministry.

“The flights will operate to 12 selected destinations, to allow as many passengers as possible to depart Israel, in accordance with demand and operational capacity under the restrictions,” says El Al. “If Home Front Command restrictions for flight operations at Ben Gurion Airport will be eased, allowing for an expansion of the scope of air operations, El Al will add additional flights already during the coming week, so that more customers can leave Israel.”

Passengers who have already booked tickets to one of the 12 destinations selected for next week will be assigned to these flights. The assignment will be done automatically and there is no need to contact the service center, El Al says.

Meanwhile, flights to Rome, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Geneva and Warsaw are canceled next week due to current government restrictions, El Al says.

Israel’s airspace has been shut to most commercial traffic since February 28, when joint attacks with the US on the Iranian regime began.

Earlier this month, Ben Gurion Airport gradually reopened for limited inbound and outbound flights operated solely by Israeli airlines El Al, Arkia, Israir and Air Haifa.