Transportation Minister Miri Regev warned that airlines will be forced to begin canceling flights from Tuesday, citing a letter she sent to the prime minister. The crisis stems from a shortage of fuel trucks at Ben Gurion Airport, with only 72 refueling vehicles currently operational.
Transportation Minister Miri Regev said Tuesday that airlines will have to start canceling flights from Tuesday due to an acute shortage of refueling trucks at Ben Gurion Airport. In a letter sent to the prime minister, she stated that only 72 fuel trucks are currently operational at the airport, leaving the facility unable to meet demand. The warning comes as a new layer of operational pressure on the airport, which has already experienced disruptions in recent days linked to regional tensions and earlier warnings from the airport authority about potential summer flight cancellations. As The Zioneer previously reported, Israel Airports Authority director-general Sharon Kedmi warned Monday that without a resolution, one in four summer passengers could receive cancellation notices. Regev's letter frames the current fuel-truck shortage as an immediate threat to flight schedules.
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