El Al is ignoring a German court order to compensate Israeli passengers for delays in flights to and from European airports.

Even after a German court ordered El Al Israel Airlines to compensate Israeli passengers for delays in flights taking off from airports in Europe, El Al is still insisting that the European directive does not apply to it with respect to compensation for the delayed passengers. Instead of receiving compensation for a delay of 3 hours or more, El Al's policy is to grant compensation only for a delay of at least 8 hours in a flight, as stipulated in the Aviation Services Law. This discriminates against Israeli passengers, because travellers of European origin demanding compensation for a delay in flights taking off from Europe will apparently receive it. The German court's ruling was issued 2 months ago, following a lawsuit filed by a Belgium-based website which sues for compensation in the name of passengers whose flights took off late. <br/>