Israel to limit number of flyDubai flights over security spat
The dispute is escalating over security arrangements at Dubai airport for the flights to Tel Aviv operated by Israeli airlines. Sources say that the Israeli authorities will work according to the principle of fair competition and require the number of daily flyDubai flights on the Tel Aviv - Dubai route to be restricted. The aviation agreement between Israel and the UAE allows for 28 daily flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai. Each of Israel's three airlines - El Al, Arkia and Israir, each operated three daily flights on the route before the dispute over security arrangements but have now been instructed by the Dubai authorities to limit their daily flights to just one each on the route. Emirates airlines low-cost unit flyDubai currently operates four daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv but will now be asked to cut the number of flights. More than a year after flights were inaugurated between Tel Aviv and Dubai, following the signing of the Abraham Accords, no agreement has been signed on security arrangements for the flights. Israel's Security Agency (Shin Bet) sets the security demands for overseas flights at every airport that Israeli airlines fly to and to date flights have been conducted under temporary arrangements. Story has details.<br/>
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Israel to limit number of flyDubai flights over security spat
The dispute is escalating over security arrangements at Dubai airport for the flights to Tel Aviv operated by Israeli airlines. Sources say that the Israeli authorities will work according to the principle of fair competition and require the number of daily flyDubai flights on the Tel Aviv - Dubai route to be restricted. The aviation agreement between Israel and the UAE allows for 28 daily flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai. Each of Israel's three airlines - El Al, Arkia and Israir, each operated three daily flights on the route before the dispute over security arrangements but have now been instructed by the Dubai authorities to limit their daily flights to just one each on the route. Emirates airlines low-cost unit flyDubai currently operates four daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv but will now be asked to cut the number of flights. More than a year after flights were inaugurated between Tel Aviv and Dubai, following the signing of the Abraham Accords, no agreement has been signed on security arrangements for the flights. Israel's Security Agency (Shin Bet) sets the security demands for overseas flights at every airport that Israeli airlines fly to and to date flights have been conducted under temporary arrangements. Story has details.<br/>
