El Al cancelled Tuesday night's flight to New York and postponed the next two flights.
El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE: ELAL) has cancelled Tuesday night's flight to New York, LY 027, due to the blizzard heading for the US East Coast. Flight LY 001 has been delayed from midnight to 11:30 am Wednesday, and Wednesday morning's flight LY 007 has been delayed to 3 pm.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said that JFK, La Guardia, and Newark Airport have boosted capacity to remove 500 tons of snow an hour, and increased salt supplies by 2,000 tons and sand by 1,500 to handle the blizzard
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on January 11, 2011
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