El Al Airlines on Tuesday canceled a compensation agreement which would have seen the company provide 2,152 shekels ($609) to each affected passenger of the infamous ‘Shabbos Flight’ that left dozens of charedi passengers stranded in Switzerland over Shabbos last year, Israel Hayom reported.
The deal would have cost El Al a whopping 111,904 shekels ($31,682).
Passengers received a notice that “El Al’s attorneys have announced that the deal is canceled,” blaming the cancellation on Israel Hayom’s announcement of the agreement. A significant portion of the passengers, however, has criticized the agreement prior to its cancellation. Some of the passengers said that they had flown to attend family events, and the additional ticket they were required to purchase cost more than the compensation they were to receive.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
{Matzav.com}
