The flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi on Monday passed through Saudi airspace, the first time the kingdom had explicitly allowed an Israeli commercial jet to pass over its territory. A view of is seen through the window of Israeli flag carrier El Al airliner carrying a delegation of Israeli and American officials before the plane lands in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nir Elias/PoolSaudi Arabia’s decision to officially allow flights to and from Israel from the United Arab Emirates make the route more commercially viable, cutting a nearly 7-hour journey in half. The United Arab Emirates is only the third Arab nation to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. He said that giving permission to “flights arriving in the United Arab Emirates as well as those departing from it to all countries” to use the kingdom’s airspace did not change that.

Source: bd News24 September 02, 2020 17:48 UTC