El Al, two Israeli airlines to launch rescue flights pending gov't green light

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There are roughly 100,000 Israelis stranded abroad due to the war with Iran, which prompted aviation authorities to close Israel's airspace and commercial airports early Saturday. While El Al, Air Haifa and Israir await approval from the state, Israeli airline Arkia said it was expanding rescue flights

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Israeli airlines El Al and Air Haifa joined Israir on Monday in announcing plans to launch rescue flights from destinations across the U.S., Europe and Asia as soon as the government and security authorities authorize the reopening of Ben-Gurion Airport.