Israir already has approval from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation, and it expects to start selling tickets to New York for October flights.
"As soon as the FAA authorizes Israir to fly to New York... Israir will immediately start operating the flights, and, as a result, start selling tickets," the airline stated.
Israir said Slovenian authorities prevented the flight from landing in the country for political reasons, which the company's CEO called a 'blatant violation' of EU aviation agreements
El Al has seen record profits during the war due to the reduction in services by foreign carriers. Now Israel's Civil Aviation Authority is pushing for Israeli airlines Arkia and Israir to begin operating flights to New York to increase competition, but the airlines say it may be too costly