El Al says it will only fly to 7 destinations in Europe and US amid war-time restrictions

Israel’s flag carrier El Al says flights out of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport will be limited to seven destinations across major cities in Europe and the US, following the newly imposed war-related restrictions on the country’s airspace.

“We emphasize that the strict limitations on operations at Ben-Gurion Airport mean that we have transitioned to essential flight activity only, in order to maintain Israel’s air bridge to and from the world,” says El Al.

The Transportation Ministry’s decision announced late on Sunday to slash air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport to one flight per hour, effective from 5 p.m. today, has led to a “dramatic reduction in aviation activity – limiting our outbound flights to 15 per day and capping each departure flight at 50 passengers,” says El Al.

El Al announces that it will operate a small number of flights to the following destinations: New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Paris, Rome, and Athens. Flights arriving from these destinations will operate with no passenger limitations.

“Given the limited number of seats, passenger allocation will be carried out according to flight assignment prioritization based on the original flight date, with priority given to exceptional humanitarian and medical cases,” El Al says.