As many airlines cancel flights to Israel due to the security situation, and as Israeli carrier El Al has been accused of price-hiking, Economy Minister Nir Barkat has reached an agreement with the national carrier to fix the prices of tickets to four destinations until the end of the year.
The four destinations, which will serve as hubs for flights to and from Israel, are Larnaca, Athens, Vienna and Dubai. Flights to those airports will be boosted, and tourists will have a large variety of connecting flights from there.
The fixed price for a roundtrip ticket to Larnaca will be $199; to Athens, $299; to Vienna, $349; and to Dubai, $349.
Those prices are per LITE ticket in economy class. In a statement, El Al estimates that around 80,000 such seats will be available until the end of 2024.
The state, for its part, will not tax El Al’s high revenue this year.
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