Transportation Minister Miri Regev said in a press briefing that "Wizz Air will come to Israel. Prices are too high, it cannot be that Israeli citizens are captive customers in the hands of Israeli companies." According to her, "The reports that El Al will close do not intimidate me. The Israeli public is important, we must allow them to travel abroad at reasonable prices. I have full backing from the Prime Minister to advance this issue, I don't intend to blink for a moment. No one can come and threaten."