Abu Dhabi, 31st August: The first historical commercial Israeli flight from Tel Aviv is due to arrive at the Abu Dhabi International Airport. According to reports of Baaghi TV, the first commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi LY971 is about to land at Abu Dhabi. Schedule of first flight from Israel to UAE released AFP journalists on the ground reported that the first direct commercial flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates took off Monday from Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv. Flight 971 of Israel’s national carrier El Al was carrying a joint US-Israeli delegation led on the American side by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House advisor. UAE lifts boycott on Israel, opens new trade corridor It is due to land on Monday afternoon in Abu Dhabi, marking the Israel-UAE agreement to normalize ties. The word “peace” was painted on the plane’s cockpit in Arabic, English, and Hebrew, images issued by El Al showed. The flight by Israel’s national carrier, numbered 971 like the UAE’s international dialing code, was reported to have received permission to cross Saudi Arabia’s air space. On the 13th of August, the agreement between Israel and the … Continue reading Making History: First flight from Israel due to land in Abu Dhabi