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American Airlines retired its relatively young Airbus A330-200s during the pandemic, leaving itself short of long-haul aircraft just as international demand returned. Now two of those ex-American jets belong to Israir, which plans to use them for Tel Aviv–New York service — potentially bringing American’s old planes back to a market American itself still has not resumed.
Israir is demanding an investigation after a tug struck one of its Airbus A320s at London Luton—the third similar incident involving its aircraft there in less than a year. British and Israeli security officials are examining whether the damage was intentional.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
