Transportation Minister Miri Regev sent an urgent letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu today (Sunday), just before the deadline of this coming Tuesday, when the Airports Authority will be required to notify Israeli airlines of flight cancellations - if a solution is not found to the parking crisis at Ben Gurion Airport.
Regev warns in her letter that if there is no immediate evacuation of some of the American refueling planes parked at Ben Gurion Airport, more than 2.4 million airline tickets for the summer and holiday seasons, including the flights of Breslov Hasidim to Uman on Rosh Hashanah, will be canceled on Tuesday.
Regev wrote: "This is a direct economic damage of billions of shekels to airlines, the tourism industry and the economy. Furthermore, this will severely damage Israel's credibility as an aviation destination and may repel airlines that only recently returned to flying to Israel following the ceasefire.".
""A mass cancellation of flights will harm national morale and civic resilience. An announcement of flight cancellations will be received by the public as another blow, and responsibility for this will be attributed, rightly, to the government's inability to solve a solvable problem.".
More than 70 American refueling planes that landed due to Operation Roaring Harry are parked at Ben Gurion Airport, taking up more than half of the parking capacity.
In addition, approximately 26 refueling aircraft are parked at Ramon Airport, occupying approximately 90% of the parking spaces at the airport.
Regev proposes to the Prime Minister to immediately transfer about 30 aircraft to airports outside Israel, and since this solution is not immediate, she proposed relocating the refueling planes from Ben Gurion Airport to Air Force bases.
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