DFW-TLV / Tel Aviv, Israel 3x weekly starting 9/9/2020
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I think people fly a bit "the wrong way" for lots of international flights. Just above a poster was talking about flying from ATL to DFW for this flight and didn't seem bothered by it. And looking at ORD specifically, if you want to go to TLV on the US3, connecting through DFW is as good of a choice from ORD as any other IMHO, especially if going through DFW lets you fly on your preferred carrier.
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You're missing my point. Of course, TLV operates seven days a week. I'm saying that if AA chooses to serve that market only three times week, does it want one of those days to conflict with Shabbat, when a significant portion of that market cannot travel? A daily schedule will smooth things out over the whole week, as opposed a Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule when one of those days presents issues for a big segment of the market.
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@JonNYC, what is your read on the reason for 3x weekly as opposed to, say 4x or 5x? Is it purely a conservative foray, or is it also about aircraft utilization, and available frames to do a 3-4x weekly attempt at one of the potential other destinations you've noted TBA?
Unlike others, I won't state something as a fact unless I know the actual answer, and in this case I do not.
I *assume* it's as simple as conservative foray/available aircraft-- see if this route takes off above and beyond the others, both new and old and then commit or quit (or move or add.) Again, 100% pure speculation on my part. They really very much -want- to serve TLV, so the route will benefit from -considerably- more patience and tinkering than say one of the new/newer Euro routes etc.
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You're missing my point. Of course, TLV operates seven days a week. I'm saying that if AA chooses to serve that market only three times week, does it want one of those days to conflict with Shabbat, when a significant portion of that market cannot travel? A daily schedule will smooth things out over the whole week, as opposed a Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule when one of those days presents issues for a big segment of the market.
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According to The Dallas Morning News, the flight will depart DFW at 10:15 pm and arrive at TLV at 6:30 pm. The return flight will leave at 11:50 pm and arrive at 5:05 am.
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According to The Dallas Morning News, the flight will depart DFW at 10:15 pm and arrive at TLV at 6:30 pm. The return flight will leave at 11:50 pm and arrive at 5:05 am.
Thats a great departure time from DFW and arrival to TLV, IMO. 18:30 is not quite as crazy at TLV as the usual 1600 arrival bank.
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Anyways, 1830 is reasonable for my preferences, so I am eager to try this to TLV. I will likely still stick with my LHR connection strategy on the return. And of course, my business in TLV will prob end before the route goes active
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I wonder what AA will do for a lounge. I assume/hope theyll partner with LY, or perhaps Dan. I find LY has much better food offerings...those little pizza strips are actually quite good.
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Well if they decide to avoid Shabbat, that means they can't fly ex-DFW on Thursday (because the aircraft would have to sit in TLV for 24+ hours) or Friday, and Saturday is probably even be difficult except maybe in winter. From a business travel perspective (since that seems to be more the driving force based on commentary here than the orthodox community), that's probably a no-go, so I assume they'll probably have to fly on Shabbat. .
According to The Dallas Morning News, the flight will depart DFW at 10:15 pm and arrive at TLV at 6:30 pm. The return flight will leave at 11:50 pm and arrive at 5:05 am.
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If the post quoted below is accurate, then it is indeed a problem for observant passengers to leave DFW at 1015p on Saturday in summer, considering the need to drive to the airport. But that still leaves 4 days in the week (Sun-Wed ex-DFW); there's no law that says 3/week requires non-successive days. It's not as if the same aircraft must be used.
And the consensus here seems to be that this flight isnt really targeted at highly observant Jews, which is why I said I think theyll have to fly on Shabbat. I guess well find out soon enough!
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