The announcement comes as the aviation industry faces its worst-ever crisis because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has wrecked air travel demand….reports Asian Lite News
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways said on Monday it would start daily flights to Tel Aviv in March after the United Arab Emirates and Israel’s established formal ties this year.Arab News reports
Flight will start March 28 and will be timed to connect with Etihad services to and from China, Thailand, India and Australia, the state-owned carrier said in a statement.
The announcement comes as the aviation industry faces its worst-ever crisis because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has wrecked air travel demand.
Following the September 15 US-brokered normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the two countries have signed four agreements during the first high-level visit from the Gulf state to Tel Aviv
Israel currently has normalization agreements with four Arab countries, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and the UAE, but so far only the latter has agreed to allow Israelis to visit without a visa.
The US is also yet to sign a visa exemption agreement with Israel.
Developments came after the UAE and Bahrain gave parliamentary approval to their respective normalization agreements with Israel.