Call it the Modi-Netanyahu magic, Delhi will soon be linked directly to Tel Aviv in Israel. Air India is planning to start thrice-weekly nonstops between these cities by mid-March. So far, the only direct link between the two countries is by Israeli carrier El Al which operates on Mumbai-Tel Aviv route.
"We are awaiting confirmation of slots from Delhi and Tel Aviv airports and are finalising our crew for this flight. The three days of operations will be Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. As soon as the airports confirm the slots to us, we will finalise the flight in a day or two," said a senior AI official.
The soon-to-be-privatised AI was earlier planning to fly between Mumbai and Tel Aviv, but finally chose the Delhi-Israel route.
Israel is not recognised by a majority of the Islamic and Gulf countries that lie between it and India. So El Al's flights between Mumbai and Tel Aviv flights do not overfly some countries on the direct flight path like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
01/02/18 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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"We are awaiting confirmation of slots from Delhi and Tel Aviv airports and are finalising our crew for this flight. The three days of operations will be Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. As soon as the airports confirm the slots to us, we will finalise the flight in a day or two," said a senior AI official.
The soon-to-be-privatised AI was earlier planning to fly between Mumbai and Tel Aviv, but finally chose the Delhi-Israel route.
Israel is not recognised by a majority of the Islamic and Gulf countries that lie between it and India. So El Al's flights between Mumbai and Tel Aviv flights do not overfly some countries on the direct flight path like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
01/02/18 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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