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"Exciting to say 'Dubai' on Duty Free": Israir's inaugural flight takes off for Dubai
The first commercial flight of an Israeli airline to Dubai is taking off from Ben Gurion Airport at the moment. "It's really exciting to be on the historic flight," said one of the 170 passengers, who also received a warm welcome at Ben Gurion Airport.
The permit to fly over Saudi Arabia will shorten the flight time from 7 to 3 hours only
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Tuesday, 01 December 2020, 10:09
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Passengers on the first Israir flight to Dubai (PR Israir)
The debut flight to Dubai takes off at the moment for the first time on behalf of an Israeli airline, and this time it is Israir that is opening the convoy of daily flights to the UAE, after last week it was done by Dubai's low-cost carrier - Play Dubai.
Israir's flight will take place on an Airbus A320, with 170 passengers.
The flight, which was scheduled to depart at 10 a.m. but was delayed by about an hour, was made possible after last night (Tuesday) final approval was given by the Saudis for the passage of Israeli flights over Saudi airspace - a move that would shorten the flight time from seven hours to just three hours.
"There is great excitement before the flight," he told Walla!
Gil Autumn Tourism Israir's VP of Marketing, who is currently at Ben Gurion Airport.
"This is the first commercial flight of an Israeli company to arrive in Dubai, and we are very happy that we received the permit to fly last night. There is no doubt that Dubai will be the warm destination of winter for Israelis - comfortable weather for the pool and sea, and especially an unfamiliar destination for Israelis."
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The plane flying to Dubai is decorated with olive and words in Hebrew, English and Arabic (Photo: PR)
The new destination on screen at check-in, today (Photo: PR)
"Everyone here is crazy"
Eden Eliaz, a passenger who went out on behalf of Skydill to check the artificial ski site in Dubai, as well as sand skiing, said that "there is a great deal of excitement. Being on the first flight on an Israeli plane is definitely a historic event. Merhav 'and' Welcome 'and there is a festive atmosphere, "and we are waiting for the reception in Dubai."
According to her, the passengers are all wearing masks and following the instructions. "Even at Duty Free when asked' Where are you flying to?
It was very exciting to say 'Dubai', "she says." The ground crew also helped everyone here to check and fill out the exit and corona forms so that there would be no problems entering Dubai. "
Ofek Yaniv, who is also on the flight, said that" it's really exciting to be on The historic flight.
"It's crazy, everyone here is insane, they even did a little production here and handed out flyers to Dubai, and we are already dying to land there and get to know the new destination."
Check-in position for the festive flight.
"Merhava" with Israeli flags and the Emirates at Ben Gurion Airport (Photo: PR)
"There's a lot of excitement."
Eden Eliaz before the first flight to Dubai (Photo: PR)
More than a hundred flights in December
Israir is scheduled to operate two daily flights on the route to Dubai, which will be joined in the coming week by Arkia and El Al with their own daily flights.
In total, more than a hundred flights are scheduled to operate between Israel and Dubai in December, which includes Hanukkah, which will be divided between Play Dubai, which started flying on the line last week, Israir, Arkia and El Al.
In March, Etihad Airways will also join the four airlines, which will operate the route to Abu Dhabi.
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