Nevada gets $3M in debt relief for EX-ITT students
CARSON CITY — More than $3 million in debt relief is coming for hundreds of former ITT Tech students in Nevada as part of a multi-state settlement, Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office announced Friday.
Nevada and 43 other states and territories came to the settlement with Student CU Connect CUSO, which offered loans for students’ tuition for ITT Tech. In total, 335 former
ITT Tech students from Nevada will receive roughly $3.4 million in collective debt relief as part of the settlement.
“Education should be the pathway to success, not a scam,” Ford said in a statement. “These students thought they were furthering their career, only to be subjected to abusive lending practices to pay for an education at a
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of the Clark County Department of Aviation.
“El Al represents another confirmation of the strength of this destination,” Vassiliadis said. “The demand is out there. It is really nice for an international airline to take a gamble on us.”
Friday flights will leave Bengurion International Airport in Tel Aviv at 7 a.m. and land at Mccarran at 11:15 a.m. — a travel time of 14 hours, 15 minutes.
Saturday flights will leave Mccarran at 10:45 p.m. and land at Bengurion at 10:15 p.m. Saturdays — a travel time of 13 hours, 30 minutes.
Yoram Elgrabli, vice president of North and Central America for El Al, said it could add more dates if the demand is there.
“We are really looking forward to expanding our activity in Las Vegas,” Elgrabli said. “We start with one, but you never know. Soon we could have the second and the third and why not daily? If we don’t dream, we won’t reach.”
Michael Strassburger, vice president of commercial and industry affairs for El Al, told the Las Vegas Review-journal last month that the airline already has plans to add a special flight set to land in Las Vegas on Jan. 6 to serve Israeli passengers heading to CES.
All flights will use Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft with economy, premium and business class options. The Dreamliner can hold up to 330 passengers and is known for its fuel efficiency and range, which has opened up new nonstop routes, according to Boeing.
El Al, which began operating in 1948, now flies to 36 destinations from Israel and serves hundreds of other destinations worldwide via code-sharing and partnerships with other carriers. Last year it flew over 5.6 million passengers.
The airline offers nonstop service to six other North American cities: San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Miami and Toronto.
In addition to connecting Israel and Las Vegas, Vassiliadis said, the new service opens up a slew of other connecting flights worldwide.
“We do feel that Tel Aviv will open up the world to us,” she said. “A part of the world that didn’t have a two-stop, that’s convenient for the transfer. For the passenger, with the Dreamliner, it’s going to be just a phenomenal addition to Las Vegas.”
Contact Mick Akers at makers@ reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2920. Follow @mickakers on Twitter.