Saudi Arabia Allows Israel to Use Airspace for UAE Flights
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the announcement as a “tremendous breakthrough.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the announcement as a “tremendous breakthrough.”
Natali Cohen and Snir Shahar discovered via email around midnight that their flight from Tel Aviv to Barcelona was canceled.
Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport resumed flights Friday after jet fuel contamination halted all outgoing flights Thursday afternoon. Friday morning, the airport was permitted to tap into emergency jet fuel supplies to enable grounded planes to fly to refueling stations in Cyprus or Jordan, Ha’aretz reported. But that’s only a temporary solution, the airport’s chief official told reporters.
Thousands of passengers have been stranded at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport because of a jet fuel contamination problem. According to Israeli media reports, a malfunction was discovered in the fuel filters at the airport more than a week ago. An unidentified source told reporters that a filter clog was discovered in an Arkia Airlines plane and was covered up “for financial reasons.” The source noted that such problems “could be disastrous.”