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EgyptAir seeks additional flights to Tel Aviv

Israeli media outlets hailed EgyptAir’s decision to operate and increase the number of flights to Tel Aviv as a sign of a boost in Israel-Egypt ties.
This picture taken on Jan. 16, 2020, shows an EgyptAir Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jet parked on the tarmac at Cairo International Airport outside the Egyptian capital.

Israeli media outlets welcomed EgyptAir’s recent decision to operate and increase the number of flights to Tel Aviv. They saw in the decision a step toward achieving full normalization and peace between the two peoples and a decision that serves Egypt’s economic interests.

Egypt took the new step toward boosting relations and cooperation with Israel with the state-owned EgyptAir Holding Company when it decided on March 22 to run flights to Tel Aviv.

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