Departs from Eilat, maybe in the late PM (8)
I believe the answer is:
disraeli
'late pm' is the definition.
'disraeli' can be an answer for 'pm' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'late' bit.
'departs from eilat maybe' is the wordplay.
'departs' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation e.g. train timetables).
'from' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'eilat' becomes 'israel' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'maybe' becomes 'i' (I've seen this in other clues).
'd'+'israel'+'i'='DISRAELI'
'in the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disraeli that I've seen before include "Victorian prime minster" , "Victorian statesman" , "Ali dries out the old British prime minister" , "C19 Prime Minister" , "English PM and novelist" .)