El Al to add five weekly flights from South Florida, Los Angeles, Boston

El Al Israel Airlines plans to add five weekly flights to Israel in the coming months from Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles and Boston. Ahead of Passover, which begins on the evening of April 22, the airline intends to add two new weekly flights to Israel from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport in South Florida. (El Al also operates flights out of Miami International Airport, some 30 miles to the south.) “El Al is expanding its service in South Florida to accommodate the local community, whose travel to Israel is constantly increasing,” Simon Newton-Smith, vice president of the Americas for El Al, told JNS. “Fort Lauderdale is also a great transit option for those traveling to Israel from other cities in the United States.” The new schedule is part of a phased plan that the airlines announced last year to increase its weekly flights from the region. El Al announced in May 2022 that it was relocating its U.S. headquarters to Miami. Florida is the only state in which the airline operates in two cities.<br/>