Author Topic: Israel Ben Gurion Airport closure ? (!) (Read 4156 times)

herb · « **Reply #20 on:** May 13, 2021, 09:22:35 AM »

Quote from: Dan on May 13, 2021, 09:10:55 AM

I don't get it.
It's safe for domestic flights to land at TLV but not international?
And everything can take off from TLV?

What's the logic here? I figured they would just close TLV when need be.

elal flight from Newark landed at tlv today

tavster · « **Reply #21 on:** May 13, 2021, 09:28:36 AM »

Quote from: Dan on May 13, 2021, 09:10:55 AM

I don't get it.
What's the logic here?

Who said it had to be logical?

Dan · « **Reply #22 on:** May 13, 2021, 09:49:40 AM »

Is this why no foreign departures from Ramon?

tavster · « **Reply #23 on:** May 13, 2021, 09:53:36 AM »

Quote from: Dan on May 13, 2021, 09:49:40 AM

Is this why no foreign departures from Ramon?

Interesting

Dan · « **Reply #24 on:** May 13, 2021, 09:54:38 AM »

Quote from: tavster on May 13, 2021, 09:53:36 AM

Interesting

Whole thing is just bizarre.

MeirS · « **Reply #25 on:** May 13, 2021, 11:05:57 AM »

Quote from: Dan on May 13, 2021, 09:10:55 AM

I don't get it.
It's safe for domestic flights to land at TLV but not international?
And everything can take off from TLV?

What's the logic here? I figured they would just close TLV when need be.

And aircraft are all being ferried to TLV

tavster · « **Reply #26 on:** May 16, 2021, 09:24:27 AM »

LY adding several flights

https://www.elal.com/he/about-ELAL/About-ELAL/News/Pages/Latest-Updates.aspx

Jack out of the box · « **Reply #27 on:** May 18, 2021, 04:16:46 AM »

We had a flight booked later this week (Wed night) TLV-JFK on American Airlines and returning 2 weeks later. We had booked using mileage for a web-special of 60,000 points each round-trip direct. Motzei Shabbos we noticed that the flight was showing cancelled with an option to choose a new outbound flight. We may have considered the Thursday night flight (arrival 6 am Friday) but when we checked again on Monday night that flight was already showing as delayed - 10am Fri departure, 3:30 pm Erev Shabbos arrival in NY traffic-land.

We called AA and they wanted to book us on just whatever flights would be convenient for the airline but certain days (of week) work for us and certain days don't. Some of the agents had a hard time understanding that A) if we go later then we also want to come back later to still have 2 weeks there, B) since it was the airline who cancelled the flight (far in advance at that) and not us, we should not be forced to pay a higher fare to fly on the day of our choice. Our request that they place us on Elal (which is flying) got a flat out "no". After some HUCA + supervisor we got someone who actually told us that there is a note in the system regarding rebookings for this week's cancelled flights. The replacement itinerary may contain an outbound flight until June 15th and they do try to preserve the length of the trip. (Unfortunately many dates were fully booked - you cannot even buy a seat for cash.)

We managed to book for dates which work for us in June without paying extra.

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #28 on:** May 18, 2021, 05:56:29 AM »

It makes sense to land in Ramon, since planes heading to Ben Gurion end up diverting out of the country (Ramon can't accommodate on short notice and foreign carriers likely knee-jerk response to escape entirely), and that disrupts passengers movements.

For take-offs, once the plane is in the air, there is no turning around. Domestic flights can be relatively confident of a safe landing before take-off, can always return to base, and have a strong political lobby.

Landings also take much longer than take-offs.

Fuel can be easily trucked to Ramon, it's the staff and security infrastructure that is much more difficult.

Yonah · « **Reply #29 on:** May 18, 2021, 10:58:19 PM »

Trying to get my son home from Israel on Delta - he had a flight for Weds and Thursday cancelled. Currently rebooked for sunday, any chance that he actually flys?

Dan · « **Reply #30 on:** May 18, 2021, 11:07:20 PM »

Quote from: Yonah on May 18, 2021, 10:58:19 PM

Trying to get my son home from Israel on Delta - he had a flight for Weds and Thursday cancelled. Currently rebooked for sunday, any chance that he actually flys?

Book on LY if you want to fly these days.

Yonah · « **Reply #31 on:** May 18, 2021, 11:47:45 PM »

What happens to my delta flight? Credit?

Dan · « **Reply #32 on:** May 18, 2021, 11:54:22 PM »

Quote from: Yonah on May 18, 2021, 11:47:45 PM

What happens to my delta flight? Credit?

You can request a refund.

UKinNYS · « **Reply #33 on:** May 21, 2021, 12:29:13 PM »

flights restarting
https://www.reuters.com/article/israel-palestinians-airlines-idUSL2N2N81JL

Yonah · « **Reply #34 on:** May 22, 2021, 09:48:25 PM »

Quote from: Dan on May 18, 2021, 11:54:22 PM

You can request a refund.

I've been trying to cancel/request a refund from delta - here's the problem, my son has been rebooked on a delta flight that leaves tomorrow from TLV at 12pm Israel time. I can cancel via delta.com and I can't get ahold of anyone - I spent hours on hold friday, and tried texting and twitter - no luck. If the flight flies am I screwed? Can I still recover some money?

yeshivabucher · « **Reply #35 on:** May 22, 2021, 09:53:10 PM »

Click cancel and you will be able to request refund

Yonah · « **Reply #36 on:** May 22, 2021, 09:59:25 PM »

Quote from: yeshivabucher on May 22, 2021, 09:53:10 PM

Click cancel and you will be able to request refund

I tried to cancel with the Modify Flight button - all I get is an error message.

yeshivabucher · « **Reply #37 on:** May 22, 2021, 09:59:51 PM »

Quote from: Yonah on May 22, 2021, 09:59:25 PM

I tried to cancel with the Modify Flight button - all I get is an error message.

i PM you what to do

YesThatsMe · « **Reply #38 on:** May 22, 2021, 10:56:46 PM »

When will AA resume JFK-TLV?

Jack out of the box · « **Reply #39 on:** May 23, 2021, 04:23:18 AM »

Quote from: YesThatsMe on May 22, 2021, 10:56:46 PM

When will AA resume JFK-TLV?

Looks like tomorrow on AA.com.