Episode Details

When foreign airlines pulled out of Israel after October 7, El Al became the country's only operating airline — a monopoly on the only practical exit. The Israel Competition Authority hit them with a record 121.8 million shekel fine for excessive pricing. But was it wartime profiteering or the unavoidable cost of being the last airline flying into a war zone? This episode unpacks the numbers, the empty seats that undermine the scarcity defense, and what a 16% average fare increase actually means when there's no other way out of the country. Episode #470556 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/470556