Tefilat haDerech for a flight

Hi,


The consensus of halachic authorities (as reflected in the collection in Yechaveh Daat 2:26) is that one recites Tefilat haDerech when traveling by plane.

One might have thought otherwise, as the Rogatchover Gaon noted, because the biblical term בדרך - "on the derech" - is classically understood (Chullin 139a) as not referring to an aerial space. Nonetheless, we rule that one does recite Tefilat haDerech for flights.

Have a good day,
Mordechai