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Air Canada today welcomed the announcement by the Government of Canada and Government of Israel of an expanded air transport agreement between the two countries. With the revised agreement Air Canada will look to further expand its services between Canada and Israel.
“Air Canada welcomes the expansion of the Canada-Israel air transport agreement as it will allow us to enhance our network and further advance our successful international expansion strategy. We look forward to increasing our services to Tel Aviv, which currently comprise of daily non-stop service from Toronto and seasonal non-stop flights from Montreal. Air Canada is the only airline to offer fully-lie flat seats in International Business Class on flights between the two countries,” said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada. “We thank the Canadian government and congratulate it on its success negotiating this new agreement, which will enable us to offer more travel options to our customers.
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A video of the incident, which became known in Israel as the “Chocolate Flight”, quickly went viral. It racked up millions of views, spawned an entry in Hebrew Wikipedia, was lampooned on the Israeli equivalent of SNL, and is often invoked to explain internet shaming or, conversely, in references to “the ugly Israeli.”
The video capturing the infamous Chocolate Flight incident.
Airlines take passenger violence seriously and have clear protocols for handling it. El Al is no different. If a passenger uses foul language, for example, or smokes, runs riot, ignores cabin crew requests, assaults another passenger or a crew member or even refuses to leave the toilet, the procedure for handling unruly/disruptive passengers is followed, including standard operating procedures for the captain and crew.