EL AL ticket counters at two British airports — in Manchester and in London–have been relocated, apparently because other airlines are nervous about possible terrorist attacks. In the December 27 assault on EL AL ticket counters at the Rome and Vienna airports, most of the 19 who died were passengers on line at adjacent counters.
Israel’s national airline is not happy over the situation and is expected to cancel its weekly flights to Manchester. The airport management there moved EL AL to an isolated part of the terminal, citing security considerations. EL AL said it should rather have tried to improve airport security.
EL AL reluctantly agreed to have its facilities removed from the international flights terminal at Heathrow, London’s main airport, to a terminal handling British Airways flights only.
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