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YESHIVA WORLD REPORTED: Dubai’s budget carrier flydubai said Wednesday that it would start flying twice daily to Tel Aviv later this month, becoming the first Emirati airline to announce regular service after a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
Direct flights on flydubai between Dubai and Tel Aviv, two of the region’s financial hubs, will begin Nov. 26, the carrier said, the result of a bilateral air travel pact signed last month. The state-owned carrier is already selling tickets on its website.
The airline issued a statement noting that it would be operating 14 flights per week, two per day, between the Dubai airport and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion
Following the recent bilateral agreement, the start of scheduled flights will contribute to economic development and create further opportunities for investment,” said FlyDubai Chief Executive Officer Ghaith Al-Ghaith.
BLOOMBERG REPORTED:
Airlines based in the Gulf have historically circumnavigated Israeli air space. That’s started to change after the signing of the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords, and after permission was granted for flights between the two countries to travel over Saudi Arabia.
