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An Israir airplane on the Tel-Aviv to Eilat line at the ben Gurion International Airport, August 8, 2020.
Israir Airlines and Tourism Ltd. Will no longer operate flights on Shabbat, according to Globes (
Israir stops Saturday flights). Four months ago, two well known Israeli businessmen Rami Levy and Shalom Haim purchased the airline and now have decided to push their Tel-Aviv to Eilat flight from Shabbat day to Saturday night.
Haim told Globes: “By personal conviction I’m a religious Jew who observes Shabbat, and all my businesses are closed on Saturdays. We respect those who observe the Shabbat, and this is not a personal whim of mine, it’s the DNA of Judaism.”
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Israir stops Saturday flights
Four months after completion of the takeover by Rami Levy and Shlomo Haim, the airline has announced that it will no longer fly on the sabbath.
Israir Airlines and Tourism Ltd. has announced that it is ceasing to fly on Saturdays, the sabbath. Four months after the acquisition of the airline by Rami Levy and Shalom Haim (through BGI Investments (TASE: BGI), which the two of them control), it is halting Saturday activity. The flights concerned are on the Eilat route. Henceforth they will operate on Saturday evenings, after the sabbath ends.
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