In March 2020, El Al suspended operations due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Israeli government had announced that all visitors and residents to Israel would have to undergo a 14-day quarantine upon arrival into the country. El Al also converted some of their Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplanes to serve as cargo flights to transport medical goods from China to Europe through Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. El Al also offered some passenger flights to get stranded Israeli citizens home. These flights went from Tel Aviv to Miami, New York, London, Paris, and more. They also offered 2 services to Australia during the pandemic. This was the first ever nonstop flight from Israel to Australia. El Al offered 1 flight from Tel Aviv to Perth and Tel Aviv to Melbourne.