2785World Current AffairsMedium
Israel’s fisrt historic flight , flies directly from Israel to UAE routed over__________ airspace, from which the Israeli national airline had previously been banned.?
ASyria
BSaudi Arabia
CNone
DIraq
Correct answer
B. Saudi Arabia
Explanation
In a sign of easing tension in the Middle East, history was made with the first direct flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates. El Al flight 971 took off from Tel Aviv at 11.14am local time, and initially routed over Jordanian territory crossed into Saudi Arabian airspace, from which the Israeli national airline had previously been banned.