El Al announced today that it will operate cheap, no-frills flights to and from the U.S. beginning next month and will inaugurate lower cost group fares next spring. Mordechai Ben-Ari, director general of the airline, told reporters at a news conference here that a round-trip winter seven-day group flight will cost $500 under the new policy compared to $630 for regular winter group flights.
Free meals will not be served on these flights, a practice started recently by Britain’s Laker Airline with whom El Al competes on the New York-London route. Ben-Ari said his company is working out another low rate group fare to go into effect in April between Israel and Europe. The London-Tel Aviv round trip fare will be $500 compared to the regular high season fare of $791 and only $350 for groups of 40 or more persons.
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