El Al to start rescue flights for stranded Israelis

Rescue flights for the greater than 100,000 Israelis stranded overseas are about to start. Following Minister of Transport Miri Regev’s press convention as we speak during 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 getting 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?

In accordance with the corporate’s announcement, El Al is opening registration for rescue flights for purchasers whose flights have been canceled in current days. The corporate stresses that the order of registration on the web site just isn’t vital. “At the moment, El Al is formulating the checklist of locations and the variety of flights that will probably be allowed to function below this plan. We’ll proceed to replace on the El Al web site and the corporate’s social media pages,” it says.

And what about clients who flew with different firms?

At this stage, El Al is opening registration for flights for El Al and Solar D’or clients whose flights to Israel have been canceled. The airline says, “The aim of registration is to map the situation of our clients world wide, and construct a flight schedule accordingly. We emphasize that the order of registration on the web site just isn’t vital. Buyer precedence can be decided by prioritization, in accordance with the date of their unique flight.”

Who will obtain precedence?

The corporate says, “Precedence can be given to distinctive humanitarian instances, topic to presentation of acceptable certificates and approval by a medical crew 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 doable through a hyperlink that can seem on the El Al web site, and won’t be doable by name facilities. “After registration, an e mail confirming receipt of the shape can be despatched, inside a interval of as much as three hours. It ought to be confused 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 clients, through 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.