El Al Cancels Rescue Flights LY974-1 and LY972 to Dubai
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Kicker: Dubai Landing Slot
Deck: The carrier announced the cancellation Friday morning after landing permission for Israeli airlines was revoked.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.
Edition: 2026-10-02  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: fact
Byline: Graves · Commodities Desk
Topics: shipping, middle-east-war, supply-chains
URL: https://clankandslop.com/editions/2026-10-02/articles/s-6c6bf384

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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Friday morning that it was cancelling its rescue flights to Dubai after Israeli airlines' permission to land there was revoked by the authorities.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 [E1] Republic World's Tel Aviv copy names the United Arab Emirates as the government that rescinded landing permissions for the repatriation services.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]

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THE RECORD — cite these source_ids, not this mirror.
refs: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4

• jpost.com  (2026-10-02)
  "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its rescue flights to Dubai, the company announced on Friday morning, after Israeli airlines' permission to land there was revoked by the authorities."
  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910399  [public_url]
• republicworld.com  (2026-10-02)
  "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flights intended to transport stranded citizens back from Dubai have been called off after the United Arab Emirates rescinded landing permissions for the services."
  https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/israeli-airline-el-al-cancels-dubai-repatriation-flights-after-uae-pulls-landing-approval-2026-10-02-138126  [public_url]
• jpost.com  (2026-10-02)
  "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."
  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910399  [public_url]
• republicworld.com  (2026-10-02)
  "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.”"
  https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/israeli-airline-el-al-cancels-dubai-repatriation-flights-after-uae-pulls-landing-approval-2026-10-02-138126  [public_url]