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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #100 on: April 22, 2013, 07:09:30 PM »
Elal is traded at a value of $40M, probably less than the combined value of the building you live in.

I wasn't referring to El Al, I was referring to the industry as a whole.

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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #101 on: April 22, 2013, 07:43:16 PM »
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/30172#comment-254710

Was this one of you guys? I barely said anything against the airline. Either it's a joke, or I'm not sure why he thought that I had a bad experience.
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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #102 on: April 22, 2013, 08:21:14 PM »
If i don't like isreali wine (actually i do) does that make me anti israel?

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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #103 on: April 23, 2013, 06:58:34 AM »
from elals website:

 We thank you for the understanding and patience you have shown and grant everyone whose flight was canceled a bonus ticket voucher to one of our European destinations

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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #104 on: April 23, 2013, 07:56:55 AM »
from elals website:

 We thank you for the understanding and patience you have shown and grant everyone whose flight was canceled a bonus ticket voucher to one of our European destinations
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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #105 on: April 23, 2013, 08:52:22 AM »
No, I'm implying that "let them go bankrupt!" is juvenile. We want them to improve, not disappear. Yitamu chato'im v'al chotim, and all that.

Going bankrupt is probably the best way elal could improve itself. Slash the debt, cut the the pension plans and fire the redundants. Seems like the best way forward for elal.
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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #106 on: April 23, 2013, 09:13:47 AM »
Going bankrupt is probably the best way elal could improve itself. Slash the debt, cut the the pension plans and fire the redundants. Seems like the best way forward for elal.

Somehow, based on the context, I don't think he meant it in that (constructive) sense. It was more like "let them go fly a kite, who cares".

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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #107 on: April 23, 2013, 03:49:01 PM »
from elals website:

 We thank you for the understanding and patience you have shown and grant everyone whose flight was canceled a bonus ticket voucher to one of our European destinations
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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #109 on: April 24, 2013, 11:18:51 PM »
Elal only cares about European customers who were affected by the strike! What good does this do for US based people who were affected?
http://www.elal.co.il/ELAL/English/SpecialOffers/SpecialOffers_items/En_Bonus_voucher_benefit_220413.htm

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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #110 on: April 25, 2013, 12:47:52 AM »
Elal only cares about European customers who were affected by the strike! What good does this do for US based people who were affected?
http://www.elal.co.il/ELAL/English/SpecialOffers/SpecialOffers_items/En_Bonus_voucher_benefit_220413.htm
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Isn't this for all passengers who had a canceled ticket? They just want to limit the cost, so they're giving a free tik to Europe as a reward, but it's for e/o, not just Europeans.

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Re: LY Strike in protest of Open Skies agreement
« Reply #111 on: April 25, 2013, 01:06:44 AM »
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Isn't this for all passengers who had a canceled ticket? They just want to limit the cost, so they're giving a free tik to Europe as a reward, but it's for e/o, not just Europeans.
I know! But Europeans who were cancelled still had dozens of other non stop airlines to take back to europe. Americans just had 2 UA flights and one delta flight per day to make up for elals cancellations. Plus Europeans basically are getting free tix to israel for under $200. But what good is that for US citizens? Of course they can fly NY to Israel and then get a RT to Europe and back to Israel and then come back to NY, but how many will do that?