Transatlantic flights to be permitted to land on Shabbat despite strike
Israel Airport Authority employees say that transatlantic flights will be permitted to land at Ben Gurion airport despite declaring a general strike for the weekend.
Yesterday, the IAA labor union said Israel’s main airport would operate on a “Yom Kippur basis,” a move that will force hundreds of flights departing on Shabbat to be rescheduled.
The strike is called to protest a plan by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri that would see the authority pay additional taxes that would be distributed to residents in the vicinity of the airport.
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