Ticket purchasers will be allowed to change or freeze airline tickets whose departure date is until the end of March • PM for Company employees: "We will help you and make sure God is on"

Following the Corona scare: El Al recently announced that it would allow all ticket buyers, of all types, to change or freeze airline tickets whose date of departure is until the end of March. According to the announcement, the company will be allowed to postpone the flight ticket by the end of July this year.

First Corona patient in Israel, a man who returned from Italy // Photo: Paz Barr

Please note that you cannot purchase a ticket at a cheaper rate for the coming month, the least attractive season in Europe, and postpone the warmer months for free. The change will involve the prices of flights that will be on the same dates later in the year and thus, in effect, no change fees will be charged, but you will have to pay the price differences.

El Al's decision comes shortly before the 11:00 AM emergency meeting, which is expected to reach thousands of workers in preparation for the difficult steps they are expected to be laid off, as a result of the severe damage caused by the spread of the Corona virus and the significant reduction in demand for the company's attractive destinations , The destinations of Italy, Hong Kong and the launch of the new line to Japan.

During the El Al Workers' Meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the workers and told them that he had imposed on the Ministerial Committee to help Israeli society. "I appreciate the work you are doing and we will help you and make sure God does," the prime minister said in a telephone call.

EL AL plane plane // Photo: Coco

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Meanwhile, as a result of the virus spread and low demand, Rainair, Wiz, Alitalia, Arkia and Ishair Airlines have announced that they are canceling flights from Israel and reducing operations for the coming period. Demand for flights to Europe has dropped significantly over the past week, as noted, as a result of the Corona panic, which has hit the tourism and airline companies very seriously, which is facing one of the worst crises seen in the industry.

Last week, El Al canceled the company's flights to all of Italy's destinations and Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, the company announced that the launch of the direct line to Tokyo will be postponed to April 4 this year. The company has to deal with a major cancellation wave for the same destinations, following the outbreak of the Corona virus and the Foreign Ministry and Health Ministry warnings about those countries. The decision on Thailand, Italy and Japan joined the extension of flights to Beijing and Hong Kong until May 2 this year.