The Israeli airline is facing quite a few difficulties, the workers are threatening a strike and claim that the new owners do not reach agreements with them, these days there are discussions about closing the subsidiary Sun Dor which also operated on Saturdays and quite a few difficult decisions are on the agenda.
However, the company has recently decided to launch a series of exceptional promotions and at prices we did not see before the Corona period.
Flight prices to the US with El Al have dropped dramatically and direct flights to Miami and New York can be found at prices starting at about $ 400.
El Al last week launched special winter deals for flights to Europe, where they offered direct flights to destinations such as Athens and Bucharest at a price starting at $ 49 one way and to more distant destinations in Europe such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Rome and more, with prices ranging from a few tens of dollars to 129 Dollars in the direction.
Sun Dor is expected to close and El Al will stop operating on Saturday completely, Photo: Photo: Wikipedia
Now, El Al offers direct flights to Phuket or Bangkok in Thailand at prices starting at $ 413 for round-trip flights, direct flights to Marrakech starting at $ 355 (round trip) and direct round-trip flights to Dubai starting at $ 158.
It is important to remember that these are flights with limited baggage, but El Al, which is not a low-cost company and its fleet of aircraft including Dreamliner and Boeing 737-900 aircraft, challenges most airlines operating on these routes and causes very significant price reductions among other companies.
Foreign companies react and lower prices
Following the drop in EL AL prices, the British Virgin Athletic also reduced the price of its flights to London, United, American Airlines and Delta lowered their flight prices to the US and it is expected that more companies will continue on the line and try to compete with the new prices seen in Israel. Wizz Air, Rainier, EasyJet and other companies offer cheaper prices, but these are companies in a different category and most fly mainly to European destinations and do not reach the US, East, Morocco and Dubai.
