{"id":1517,"date":"2020-10-19T10:22:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T06:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=35867"},"modified":"2020-10-19T10:22:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T06:22:14","slug":"etihad-israel-passenger-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/latest\/etihad-israel-passenger-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad Makes History As The First Gulf Airline To Operate A Passenger Flight To Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Etihad will become the first airline in Gulf history to operate passenger flights to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/uae-and-israel-agreed-to-set-up-a-joint-committee-to-promote-investment-between-two-countries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signing of a historic peace accord<\/a>, as relations between the UAE and Israel continue to normalize.<\/p>\n<p>The flagship airline for Abu Dhabi announced on Twitter that it has become the first Gulf airline to operate a passenger flight to Israel adding &#8216;and this is only the beginning&#8230; Salam and Shalom!&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h2>Passenger flights will soon operate between Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Israel<\/h2>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, we make history. Etihad has become the first Gulf airline to operate a passenger flight to Israel. And this is only the beginning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Salam and Shalom! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KT66QFfqmg\">pic.twitter.com\/KT66QFfqmg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Etihad Airways (@etihad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/etihad\/status\/1318064269041295361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>On Sunday night, an aviation agreement between the two countries was announced by the Israeli ministry and is expected to begin within weeks<\/h2>\n<p>The agreement allows for 28 weekly commercial flights between Ben Gurion airport, Israel to Dubai and Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Israel Ministry of Transportation says an aviation agreement between Israel and the UAE for 28 weekly flights between Ben Gurion Airport &#8211; Abu Dhabi and Dubai &#8211; Sky News Arabia<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0633\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HSajwanization\/status\/1317847952602312706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #f0223a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/uae-israeli-peace-treaty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official peace treaty between Israel and the UAE<\/a>\u00a0was signed in Washington on September 15<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Etihad will become the first airline in Gulf history to operate passenger flights to Israel. 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