They want to get as close to TLV as they can to avoid schedule issues next week.
Isn’t ATH just an extra 30-40 min flight to Israel?
Will El Al rebook passengers on another airline from ATH on shabbos, if they request it?
flight aware still showing ATH
Unfortunately this is the only info I got from her thus far...
It’s landing in ATH now.
Isn't it already shkia? What are the frum pax going to do?
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/candleLighting_cdo/locationId/29/locationType/1/jewish/Candle-Lighting.htmCandle lighting at 8:31pm. Landed at 8:28pm but not sure if that means they arrived at the gate or wheels touched down. Either way, better use all of those 18 minutes. Reminds me of the discussion in the gemara in Shabbat 122a where Rabban Gamliel and the Zekenim use a gangway a nochri prepared to disembark from a boat on Shabbos. Wonder if it's different because it's El Al or because it is in Greece we can assume a nochri is navigating the jetbridge.
Well now they get at least the EU compensation, no?
I don't understand why LY went to ATH other than putting finances above pax needs.