Saudi Arabia closed its airspace for Israeli flights on the eve of the morning for unknown reasons, delaying ISRAIR Airlines flight at Ben Gurion Airport before departure to Dubai. It is reported by the Israeli edition “Cursor”.
According to the post, the flight 661 israir, which was to be departed at 9:00 local time, apparently was detained due to the refusal of Saudi Arabia to provide the necessary permits, despite the fact that El Al flight flew to Dubai Tuesday afternoon with a resolution of flight through the airspace Saudi Arabia.
Without permission to fly over Saudi Arabia, the route Tel Aviv – Dubai will be unstable, because flights from Israel to the United Arab Emirates will take more than eight hours instead of three.
Recently, there have been reports of a possible convergence between Saudi Arabia and Israel, especially after signing Abraham agreements, in accordance with which Israel has signed an agreement on the normalization of relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.