A nonstop flight between Israel and Las Vegas will launch next month.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday that El Al Israel Airlines will operate a flight between Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv and McCarran International Airport starting on June 14.
The 14-hour flight to Las Vegas will depart from Tel Aviv on Friday mornings. The flight back to Israel will leave Las Vegas on Saturday nights.
The airline's vice president of commercial and industry affairs, Michael Strassburger, said that Las Vegas has become a popular destination for Israelis so the airline added the flight to meet demand.
The airline currently has nonstop service to seven North American destinations: Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, San Francisco and Toronto. In February, the airline announced that it would begin service to Orlando later this year.
El Al recorded 5.6 million passengers last year.
