UAE airlines flydubai, Emirates begin selling tickets for Israeli flight
United Arab Emirates airlines flydubai and the Emirates on Wednesday started selling tickets for a direct fight to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian lands this month.
An announcement on the flight by the flydubai came after the UAE and the Israeli regime in August agreed to establish formal ties, including launching direct flights between the two.
Dubai state-owned flydubai will operate 14 weekly services between the UAE’s and Israeli regime’s financial capitals from November 26, it said on its website.
Tickets for those flights were now on sale.
Dubai’s Emirates, the UAE’s biggest airline, will sell tickets on the flydubai service through a codeshare agreement between the carriers, an Emirates spokeswoman said.
UAE citizens and passengers from the occupied territories are able to travel on the flights without applying for a visa before the trip as part of agreements recently signed between the UAE and the Israeli regime.
Israeli airlines Israir and Arkia have advertised packages to Dubai for flights starting on December 9, but say they are yet to receive final approval for the flights.
El Al Israel Airlines ELAL.TA, the biggest airline run by the Israeli regime, has not advertised flights.
The announcement on new flights comes as the aviation industry in the Persian Gulf is enduring its worst crisis after the coronavirus pandemic this year crippled most flights.
El AL and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways have recently operated flights between the UAE and the occupied Palestine carrying official delegations.
(By staff and Reuters)
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