Ultra-Orthodox Jews Threaten To Start Their Own Airline

[Matt Molnar]

El Al is considering flying on the Jewish sabbath, or Shabbat (between nighfall Friday and nightfall Saturday). Orthodox Jews are upset.

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Haredim may set up mehadrin airline
Dec. 11, 2006 15:40 | Updated Dec. 12, 2006 14:08
By MATTHEW WAGNER

In the face of an imminent boycott of El Al, haredi businessmen in the US have expressed interest in setting up a haredi-owned airline, Rabbi Yitzhak Goldknoph, secretary of the Rabbinic Council for the Holiness of Shabbat, said Monday.

"The airline would fly the most popular haredi routes to the US and Europe," he said.

Goldknoph refrained from divulging the names of the haredi businessmen, and his announcement was received with skepticism by the Israeli business community.

[Midnight Mike]

Jew Air?

:lol:

[Mellyrose]

AirFutt :lol:

[cancidas]

this religion thing is getting out of hand. let them start the airline, it'll flop in less than a year IMO.

[T-Bird76]

This almost like that German airline that wants to begin all smoking fights. This is rather an interesting concept, maybe the planes will look like that one in the Movie Airplane? LOL ;)

[mirrodie]

this religion thing is getting out of hand. let them start the airline, it'll flop in less than a year IMO.

Yeah, the religion reason is not cool.
I think El AL has a nice tradition of not flying the Sabbath. But the response to start a new airline is childish and I too think it'll fail due to low demand.

[NIKV69]

I liken this to the Larry David episode where the orthodox Jewish girl jumps off the ski lift because she can't be with him after sun down. She first tells Larry to jump and he looks down and says "Are you *ucking nuts?"

The sabbath is great and all but come on already.

[uplander]

I didn't realize El Al didn't fly on the Sabbath. This could pose some challenges. Like what would they do if they were flying eastward on a Sunday and then crossed the international date line?

[Futterman]

AirFutt :lol:

Or "JewCanoe" :)

[Art at ISP]

Hannukair? Fly us when you have to Rusha Homa?

Yom Kippair?

I'll stop while I am ahead.

Adonair?

Oy-Lines

[hiss srq]

hey futt that title is alredy taken some guy registered his westwind to an llc. by that name lol... I think this is retarded though.... The religion holyer than thou thing is getting far to out of hand and frankly that kind of stuff pisses me off really.

[Art at ISP]

Pre board is like Pre engaged...which is in turn like Pre dead--a condition all who are alive find themselves in....

[mirrodie]

It is an interesting issue and something I would like to further understand.

Matt, I looked at the article twice. The Orthodox Jews are looking to set up another airline as a direct response to EL AL possibly flying on Shabbat?

It doesn't seem to make sense, for those opposed, to stop flying the airline b/c the airline is making achoice to fly on Shabbat. I mean, the consumer is not losing anything, no loss of service, etc. In fact, the clientele is only gaining/offering omore in tmers of routes and service schedule. So if the resposne ot flying on Shabbat is real and they do want ot start another airline based on that, its a matter of principle....(At least, I think, if I got all the facts straight.)

[Tom_Turner]

Hey Nick...

Do you remember the song, "Gefilte Fish Blues," originally made popular by Larry David and the Hipsters? LOL....

ttyl,
Tom

I liken this to the Larry David episode where the orthodox Jewish girl jumps off the ski lift because she can't be with him after sun down. She first tells Larry to jump and he looks down and says "Are you *ucking nuts?"

The sabbath is great and all but come on already.

[mirrodie]

Furthermore, is this airline going to fly on all days BUT Shabbat? If it did, then it would not make it any different from El Al. SO I just don't get the business strategy.

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