Israel And UAE Agree on 28 Direct Flights Per Week to Start Soon
Passenger aircraft operated by El Al Israel Airlines sit on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Financially strapped El Al Israel Airlines is planning a 505-million shekel share offer during the coming week, it said in a filing to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the share offering a condition for the flagship carrier to secure a state bailout, including a $250 million loan guarantee. Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg
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Ivan Levingston, Bloomberg News
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Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed on a deal to allow for 28 direct weekly passenger flights connecting Tel Aviv with Abu Dhabi and Dubai, according to a statement from Israel’s Transportation Ministry.
The flights will begin “within weeks” and came after significant commercial interest from airliners on both sides in the routes, the statement said. Both countries are in the process of developing economic and diplomatic agreements following the decision to normalize relations earlier this year.
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