For the first time in history, Arabia allows Israel to use airspace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Saudi Arabia has allowed the use of its airspace for aircraft introduced from India to Israel, the Anadolu Agency (AA) broadcasts.

According to the newspaper “Jerusalem Post”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement to reporters during his visit to the US has stressed that Saudi Arabia, in addition to Israeli airline El-Al, has allowed the use of its airspace for the aircraft of companies that enter India-Israel destination.

According to the paper, Netanyahu in his statement emphasising on <x0-lightiness” indicated by Saudi Arabia has indicated that India's “Company when it begins in the coming weeks its flights between New Delhi and Tel Aviv, the time of travel to India's capital will be the same as the trip to London”.

After stressing that Saudi Arabia has not given permission to the Israeli airline El-Al, Netanyahu in his statement to reporters after meeting US President Donald Trump said India's air company, with its agreement with Saudi Arabia, will take direct trips from New Delhi to Tel Aviv on Saudi Arabia's airspace.

Last month, Israeli media reported that Saudi Arabia has allowed the use of its airspace for airline companies flying from New Delhi to Israel.

But the Saudi Arabia Civil Aviation Authority with a statement in that period stressed that they had not allowed any Israeli aircraft to pass through their airspace.