Oman opened the sky for all national carriers, including Israeli airlines, which were previously forbidden to fly through the airspace of the Sultanate.
This was reported by the Office Office of Oman.
“As part of the constant efforts of the sultanate of Oman, to fulfill its obligations within the framework of the 1944 Chicago Convention, the civil aviation department confirms that the country’s airspace is open to all carriers that meet the requirements of flight safety,” the department said on Twitter.
In 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received from the former Sultan Oman Kabus Ben Said Al Said, the obligation to open the country’s airspace for the airline EL Al Al. Subsequently, the successor of Kabus, Sultan Haisam Ben Tarek Al Said, canceled this decision. In July 2022, the former Minister of Transport of Israeli Meyrav Michaeli said in an interview with Reuters that El Al hopers to start flying to the Asian Air Space of Saudi Arabia and Oman. However, for this, according to Michael, the countries will need to “refresh” the previously reached agreements.
In September 2020, in Washington, the Israeli side, with the mediation of the United States, signed documents on the normalization of relations with the UAE and Bahrain. In the West, a tripartite transaction was called the “Abraham Agreement”. Subsequently, Sudan and Morocco announced the normalization of relations with Israel.
December 29, 2022 in Israel, a new government was oath, which headed Netanyahu. At the first day of the new Cabinet of Ministers on the same day, he stated that one of the main tasks of his government would be a “sharp expansion of the circle of the world” between Israel and the Arab states.