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Cabinet approves aid package for Israel s airlines
El Al, Israir and Arkia will all receive a 20-year advance on air tickets for their security staff.
Fourteen months after the operations of airlines ground to a halt at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Israel s cabinet have approved an assistance package for El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE: ELAL), following the coronavirus crisis and the exceptional damage to Israel s aviation industry.
As part of the agreement, the state will buy airline tickets for airline security staff for the next 20 years at a significant discount and will pay $210 million. Government foot dragging on reaching this agreement has meant that El Al has still been unable to refund many of the passengers who bought tickets for cancelled flights over the past year and two months.
Israel extends airport closure into March
Ben Gurion airport is closed on fears that the country s successful Covid-19 vaccination drive will be compromised by people bringing in vaccine resistant mutations from abroad.
Israel s cabinet has extended the closure of Ben Gurion Airport and the country s land borders until March 6. The airport has been closed since January 26 due to fears that the country s successful Covid-19 vaccination drive will be compromised by people bringing in mutations from abroad that are resistant to the vaccine.
Several flights bringing in new immigrants will be allowed to land in the coming few weeks and daily emergency rescue flights will continue from the US and Europe bringing in a maximum of 2,000 people daily. El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE: ELAL), United and Delta will operate flights between Tel Aviv and New York, although tomorrow night s Delta and United flights to New York have been cancelled without explanation.
Israel denies delegation permits for UAE defense exhibition
The participation of 40 Israeli companies in the Abu Dhabi International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) is in doubt due to the closure of Israel s skies.
The Israeli delegation from the country s defense industries does not look like it will be able to participate in next week s International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi. Hundreds of employees from 40 Israeli companies were due to fly on five Arkia Airlines Ltd. flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the coming days. But the exemptions committee set up due to the Covid-19 pandemic, headed by Minister of Regional Cooperation Ofir Akunis, which grants Israelis a permit to fly abroad, has refused the request by the Ministry of Defense to allow the flights.