Originally Posted by sabbasolo

For all these years, LY received government subsidies so that "they would keep flying when everyone else stopped flying to Israel". Now they want subsidies because they have stopped flying, whilst others continue. I am not impressed that they have operated a few charters (paid charters) or rescue flights (charging $$$ for tickets).

Let them go bankrupt, renegotiate the union agreements, new shareholders, ... and restart.

Same for the IAA airport authorities, but in spades.