When these flights exist they’ll most likely do a similar flight path to other flights including Mumbai and Bangkok. They’ll fly down through the Gulf of Aqaba, down the Red Sea, across the Gulf of Aden, and the Gulf of Oman which leads to the Persian Gulf. If the Saudi Airspace wasn’t closed off than the flight would take around 2 hours.
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Can the aircraft not fly north over Turkey and over Iran like Qatar Airways does for their airspace issues?
This is great! Both countries are finally getting along AND they recognized Israel as its own country.
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Not sure, but it looks like EL AL takes the southern option for flights to Mumbai
Israel pretty much dosent get along with any countries in the Middle East aside from the UAE obviously. This means for safety purposes not to fly over their airspace.
Tel Aviv-based Israir Airlines has already begun applying for landing rights in the UAE, and cites Dubai as as a “very, very attractive destination” and is likely to be popular for Israelis.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-16/israeli-airline-israir-seeks-uae-landing-permit
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I have never seen an EL-AL plane ever!! This was an amazing picture 🤩
This is great news!
Although I’m not sure how the rest of the Arab nations will react, I’m excited for more direct routes! 😆
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Emirates’ Chief Operating Officer Adel Al Redha was asked about flights into Israel during questions related to the 787/777X:
- On flights to Israel: “No question about it, airlines from both sides will want to examine the opportunity,”
- Difficult to predict start dates and frequency
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This is great news! I’m really hoping that the devolving relationship continues to grow for both the countries and airlines. 🙏
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Israir has secured slots for Tel Aviv to Dubai starting October on the A320. Still awaiting final approval:
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It’s been a bit, but more developments are here.
Etihad’s first commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to Israel operated this morning:
Additionally, the two countries have agreed on allowing airlines to operate 28 weekly flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai/Abu Dhabi:
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New realistic routes for us!
LLBG / LLER - OMDB / OMAA
We’ll also have LLBG - OBBI soon.
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El Al and Etihad appear to be in talks regarding a potential codeshare. Super excited to see how this plays out!
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What the heck is with Israel and being at war with legit everybody?
any history class ever taught has entered the chat
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any horrible @Mattheus joke ever has entered the chat
This awesome news regarding codeshares !!!
Its awesome to see them making more historic events as well as doing more things in partnership with each other, other then just the normal allowing flight ops and travel for citizens between the two countries !!
Here’s to more in the future… CHEERS!
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