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El Al Cancels 25,000 Tickets as Ben Gurion Outbound Limits Tighten

A new Home Front Command order caps U.S.-bound aircraft at roughly 130 passengers, prompting a pared schedule next week.

An image collage containing 2 images, Image 1 shows Delta Airlines Airbus A330-900neo on the taxiway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with a Delta maintenance building in the background, Image 2 shows Emergency crews search for people trapped in rubble following a strike on a residential building in central Tehran

Overview

  • El Al said about 25,000 tickets for departures on March 21–27 are canceled due to continuing operational restrictions at Ben Gurion Airport.
  • The carrier released a limited March 21–28 schedule centered on 12 destinations, including New York, Newark, Miami, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Milan, Madrid, Munich, Athens, Bangkok, Phuket, and Tokyo.
  • Flights to Rome, Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Warsaw are canceled for the week, with many other European routes already suspended.
  • The airline said canceled customers will receive a full refund or a credit voucher, and it cannot offer alternative flights, though travelers booked to routes that still operate will be reassigned automatically.
  • Channel 12 reported that the Transportation Ministry is weighing further passenger limits on outgoing flights after recent aircraft damage at Ben Gurion.