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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the official opening ceremony of the new Ramon International Airport, named in memory of Ilan and Asaf Ramon, near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, on Jan. 21, 2019.
In the early hours of Thursday, Israel began to divert planes arriving from abroad to Ramon International Airport in the Timna Valley in southern Israel, north of Eilat. instead of allowing them to land at Ben Gurion International Airport next to Lod.
Ben Gurion has been targeted by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket fire since the start of the current conflict, Operation Guardian of the Walls.
Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the official opening ceremony of the new Ramon International Airport, named in memory of Ilan and Asaf Ramon, near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, on Jan. 21, 2019.
Sun DâOr International Airlines â a subsidiary of Israelâs national carrier, El Al Airlines â is set to stop flying its routes on Friday nights and Saturdays, according to a report by the
Globes business news site.
The airline, which provides charter flights for travel wholesalers, will no longer offer train packages that include flights on Saturdays or holidays,
Globes reported.