El Al to operate direct emergency flights to New York, Dubai

El Al announced Monday that it will operate several direct emergency flights between Israel and the US for cases approved by Israel's Exemptions' Committee. Flights LY011 and LY003 to the JFK International Airport in New York are expected to depart Ben-Gurion Airport on February 9, at 5:35 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. respectively. Flights LY012 and LY014 to Ben-Gurion Airport will depart JFK Airport two days later, on February 11, at 6:30 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. respectively. A third flight, LY010, will depart JFK toward Ben-Gurion on February 13 at 11:50 p.m. Passengers who have in their possession flight tickets that were canceled due to the pandemic will be allowed to redeem them for a seat on one of the offered emergency flights without an additional fee, so long as the passenger was approved by the Exemptions' Committee and can present a negative coronavirus test taken up to 72 hours before departure.<br/>