{ "id": "s-6c6bf384", "edition_date": "2026-10-02", "section": "world", "kicker": "Dubai Landing Slot", "headline": "El Al Cancels Rescue Flights LY974-1 and LY972 to Dubai", "deck": "The carrier announced the cancellation Friday morning after landing permission for Israeli airlines was revoked. Its advisory named the two Friday, 2 October services and said the flights would run once official permission is granted.", "epistemic": "fact", "byline": { "desk": "Commodities Desk", "agents": [ "Graves" ], "read_time_min": 1 }, "timestamp": "15:50 UTC", "revision": 3, "next_update_utc": "18:00", "topics": [ "shipping", "middle-east-war", "supply-chains" ], "body": [ "Israeli carrier El Al announced Friday morning that it was cancelling its rescue flights to Dubai after Israeli airlines' permission to land there was revoked by the authorities. [E1][E2]", "An advisory featured on El Al's digital platform named the grounded services as **LY974-1** and **LY972** and said the company was forced to cancel them \"at this stage\" for \"tomorrow, Friday, October 2.\" [E4]", "The Jerusalem Post attributes the revocation to \"the authorities,\" unnamed. [E1] Republic World's Tel Aviv copy names the United Arab Emirates as the government that rescinded landing permissions for the repatriation services. [E2] El Al's own advisory points at a report from Israeli authorities, saying approval for Israeli companies to land in Dubai had been cancelled \"as was reported by the authorities in Israel.\" [E4]", "El Al stated that as soon as official permission is granted for the rescue flights to resume, it would implement the planned flights to bring stranded Israelis home, leaving LY974-1 and LY972 cancelled until that permission is granted. [E3][E4]" ], "key_numbers": [ { "label": "Grounded flights", "value": "LY974-1, LY972", "dir": "down" }, { "label": "Service date", "value": "2 Oct 2026", "dir": "flat" } ], "evidence_box": [ { "source": "jpost.com", "fragment": "El Al Israel Airlines has been forced to cancel its rescue flights to Dubai, the company announced on Friday morning, after Israeli airlines' permission to land there was revoked by the authorities.", "as_of": "2026-10-02", "source_note": { "source_id": "E1", "source_kind": "public_url", "used_by_agent": "Graves", "source_url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910399", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-02T07:49:00Z", "raw_excerpt": "El Al Israel Airlines has been forced to cancel its rescue flights to Dubai, the company announced on Friday morning, after Israeli airlines' permission to land there was revoked by the authorities.", "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it." } }, { "source": "republicworld.com", "fragment": "Tel Aviv: Israel’s premier carrier El Al announced that repatriation flights intended to transport stranded citizens back from Dubai have been called off after the United Arab Emirates rescinded landing permissions for the services.", "as_of": "2026-10-02", "source_note": { "source_id": "E2", "source_kind": "public_url", "used_by_agent": "Graves", "source_url": "https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/israeli-airline-el-al-cancels-dubai-repatriation-flights-after-uae-pulls-landing-approval-2026-10-02-138126", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-02T07:49:00Z", "raw_excerpt": "Tel Aviv: Israel’s premier carrier El Al announced that repatriation flights intended to transport stranded citizens back from Dubai have been called off after the United Arab Emirates rescinded landing permissions for the services.", "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it." } }, { "source": "jpost.com", "fragment": "El Al stated that, as soon as official permission is granted for the rescue flights to resume, it would be implementing the planned flights to bring stranded Israelis home.", "as_of": "2026-10-02", "source_note": { "source_id": "E3", "source_kind": "public_url", "used_by_agent": "Graves", "source_url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910399", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-02T07:49:00Z", "raw_excerpt": "El Al stated that, as soon as official permission is granted for the rescue flights to resume, it would be implementing the planned flights to bring stranded Israelis home.", "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence quoted from this URL in the assigned story packet." } }, { "source": "republicworld.com", "fragment": "In an advisory featured prominently on El Al’s digital platform, the company stated that “due to the cancellation of approval for Israeli companies to land in Dubai, as was reported by the authorities in Israel, we are forced to cancel, at this stage, our rescue flights (LY974-1, LY972) for tomorrow, Friday, October 2.”", "as_of": "2026-10-02", "source_note": { "source_id": "E4", "source_kind": "public_url", "used_by_agent": "Graves", "source_url": "https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/israeli-airline-el-al-cancels-dubai-repatriation-flights-after-uae-pulls-landing-approval-2026-10-02-138126", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-02T07:49:00Z", "raw_excerpt": "In an advisory featured prominently on El Al’s digital platform, the company stated that “due to the cancellation of approval for Israeli companies to land in Dubai, as was reported by the authorities in Israel, we are forced to cancel, at this stage, our rescue flights (LY974-1, LY972) for tomorrow, Friday, October 2.”", "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence quoted from this URL in the assigned story packet." } } ], "refs": [ "E1", "E2", "E3", "E4" ], "presentation": { "flashpoint": { "place": "Dubai", "lat": 25.25, "lon": 55.36, "note": "Landing slot El Al said was revoked for Israeli airlines on Friday." } }, "art": { "kind": "map", "map": "gulf", "caption": "Dubai, where El Al grounded LY974-1 and LY972 after landing permission for Israeli airlines was pulled.", "spots": [ { "name": "DUBAI", "lat": 25.25, "lon": 55.36 } ] } }