UAE and Israel Normalise Relations

Clearly a charter flight. Is LY even operating any commercial flights at the moment? I thought they were all grounded due to CV19.
 
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Clearly a charter flight. Is LY even operating any commercial flights at the moment? I thought they were all grounded due to CV19.

Charter flying taking some high ranking Israeli officials to meet their UAE counterparts as well as Jared Kushner, supposedly to coordinate the upcoming treaty ceremony in Washington DC.
 
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The LY flight was approved to access Saudi air space.
Outbound got the number 971 (UAE country code).
Inbound got the number 972 (Israel country code).

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And they used a B737-900 as it has anti missile protection.

It was operated by a five year old Boeing 737-900ER with the registration code 4X-EHD. This plane was chosen over EL AL’s flagship Boeing 787-9 because the company’s 737s have anti-missile systems, while the 787s don’t.

 
Emirates preparing to launch flights to TLV.


El Al got new majority stakes investor, avoids gov takeover.

 
It may all end soon.
But Israel's Shin Bet security service has voiced concerns - which it did not publicly detail - about arrangements at Dubai International Airport read more and said the three national carriers would stop operating there if these went unresolved.

Should the Israeli airlines eventually stop flying to Dubai, the senior Israeli official said, that would spell a de facto end to their UAE operations and prompt a reciprocal ban.

"If El Al can't fly to the Emirates, then Emirati companies can't land here," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
 
Yes, I would certainly expect that Emirates and/or Etihad might start flights to Tel Aviv.
Finally EK:
 

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