flydubai and El Al will have 28 weekly flights between Dubai-Tel Aviv

Israel’s flag carrier El Al will join flydubai in launching 14 weekly flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai, as opportunities start to open up on what could prove to be an exceptionally busy route. The first El Al flight is scheduled for December 13, while flydubai’s Tel Aviv bound service commences on Thursday. Until a mutual visa entry agreement comes into force between the countries, or until there is another bilateral solution, Israeli travellers can enter the UAE with a foreign passport that allows entry to the destination and/or receive a valid visa prior to the flight. “Three months after the historic first commercial flight ever between Israel and the UAE - and the first Israeli flight to overfly Saudi Arabia - we are pleased to announce the start of our scheduled flights to the UAE,” said Michael Strassburger, P for Commercial at El Al. It was on an El Al commercial flight that the first Israeli delegation – and also having Jared Kushner of the US - landed in Abu Dhabi on August 31. It set the wheels in motion for the signing of the Abraham Accords in Washington on September 15. The flights will be operated by a Boeing 737-900 aircraft as well as the airline's newest addition, the 787 Dreamliner. <br/>