Looks like DL JFK-TLV 2x daily comes back 5/21.
Has this been announced before? Is this officially a seasonal 2x now?
Looks like they can use a Heimeshe guy for that route for planning purposes.
Why wouldnt they start it 2 weeks earlier and get the Lag Baomer traffic from NYC - TLV?
Maybe they checked by the secular calender, and this year Lag Baomer was 5/23, and they saw an increase in traffic around those days, and think it will repeat next year at the same dates?.
It's not the first time that I see they miscalculated between the Yiddish calender and secular.
I saw a similar episode a few years ago regarding Succos in a market which is used frequently by Yiden. Where they upgraded a route 2 days after Succos and therefore missed the heimeishe traffic. And us Yiden had to pay more.... Less revenue...
Another example, why wouldnt they move their flight Thursday before succos 2 hrs and get it filled with heimeishe yidden who wonna travel to EY for suucos?
They can also move the Moitzai Shabbos flight earlier and make it easier for those who can arrive in Isreal late before Zman and let's say make it just enough time to get from Brooklyn to JFK after zman Moitzai Shabbos.
I am sure they have the gates available on a Saturday night to make such a minor schedule change when they do the scheduling a year in advance.