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JERUSALEM, March 22 (Reuters) - Israel's tourism minister said on Thursday that Singapore Airlines and a Filipino airline were exploring the introduction of flights to and from Tel Aviv that would pass through Saudi airspace.
The minister, Yariv Levin, spoke after Air India launched its first flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv on a route scheduled to take the plane over Saudi Arabia, a country that does not recognise Israel.
Granting overflight rights to Air India ended a 70-year blanket Saudi airspace ban on routes to and from Israel, but did not appear to herald any immediate change in policy towards Israeli airlines.
Read more at https://www.nasdaq.com/article/israel-says-singapore-airlines-eyes-tel-aviv-flights-over-saudi-20180322-00958
A real win for Indian foreign policy - getting the Saudi govt to allow direct overflights for @airindiain to operate Dreamliners on the Delhi-Tel Aviv route. So far, Israel's El Al had to skirt Saudi Arabia by flying south to Ethiopia before heading East to India. https://t.co/fdVgdSmgqb— Vishnu Som (@VishnuNDTV) March 22, 2018
#FlyAI : #AirIndia ready to fly high. #momentofjoy #nonstop #FLIGHT @DelhiAirport @TelAviv #teamAirIndia @danielocarmon @IsraelinIndia @israelinMumbai @IsraelBangalore @IsraelMFA @Israel pic.twitter.com/AjvTzcB9se— Air India (@airindiain) March 22, 2018
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