The 43-year-old manager will take up his position in January 2021 • The airline has announced streamlining measures that are expected to include layoffs of temporary workers and cancellation of destinations
New CEO. El Al Plane
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The largest airline in Israel announced today (Wednesday) that Abigail Soreq is the new CEO to take office in January 2021. Soreq is expected to replace Gonen Ussishkin, who has served in the position in recent years.
El Al announces the announcement the day before the 43rd birthday of the company's new and young CEO. As you may recall, a few months ago, the young Eli Rosenbar (29) took control of El Al after investing more than one hundred million dollars for 43 percent of its shares.
This morning, the company's current CEO Gonen Ussishkin published a letter to employees, in which he detailed some of the expected steps. El Al will probably lay off about 2,000 employees, more than half of whom are temporary employees. The company.
El Al has recently returned to activity with lines to the United States, France, England, Belgium and Germany.
Significant activity is expected to begin in about two weeks on the line to Dubai and other lines.