Rescue flights for the greater than 100,000 Israelis stranded overseas are about to start. Following Minister of Transport Miri Regev’s press convention at the moment by which she introduced the launching of Operation Protected Return, with flights from Thailand, Larnaca, Athens, Italy and the US, El Al Israel Airways Ltd. (TASE:ELAL) introduced it was making ready to function rescue flights in accordance with a restricted and staged plan. That is the way it will work.
If I booked a flight with El Al and it was canceled. What do I do now?
Based on the corporate’s announcement, El Al is opening registration for rescue flights for purchasers whose flights have been canceled in latest days. The corporate stresses that the order of registration on the web site will not be vital. “Presently, El Al is formulating the record of locations and the variety of flights that it is going to be allowed to function below this plan. We are going to proceed to replace on the El Al web site and the corporate’s social media pages,” it says.
And what about prospects who flew with different firms?
At this stage, El Al is opening registration for flights for El Al and Solar D’or prospects whose flights to Israel have been canceled. The airline says, “The aim of registration is to map the placement of our prospects all over the world, and construct a flight schedule accordingly. We emphasize that the order of registration on the web site will not be vital. Buyer precedence will likely be decided by prioritization, in accordance with the date of their authentic flight.”
Who will obtain precedence?
The corporate says, “Precedence will likely be given to distinctive humanitarian circumstances, topic to presentation of applicable certificates and approval by a medical workforce on behalf of El Al, and for political and safety wants, topic to approval by related state authorities.”
How do you register?
Registration is barely attainable by way of a hyperlink that can seem on the El Al web site, and won’t be attainable by name facilities. “After registration, an e-mail confirming receipt of the shape will likely be despatched, inside a interval of as much as three hours. It must be burdened that this isn’t an e-mail confirming placement on a flight,” El Al explains. After registration, and topic to state approval to function flights, the corporate will individually replace its prospects, by way of e-mail and textual content messages.
And if I booked by a journey agent?
On this case too, passengers should register by El Al’s web site.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on June 16, 2025.
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