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| US Airlines, Others Resume Flights to Israel |
| 2014-07-25 |
| [NDTV] American, Russian and some European carriers resumed flights to Israel Thursday after a two-day freeze amid fears that rocket fire from Gazoo was endangering commercial air traffic into Tel Aviv. But some European airlines continued to suspend their flights, out of security concerns around Ben Gurion International Airport. Officials in Washington lifted a formal ban on American flights to Israel late Wednesday, and flights by carriers Delta, United and US Airways, as well as Air Canada, were scheduled on Thursday. "We have consulted extensively with the US government, as well as our own people on the ground in Tel Aviv... and we believe it's safe to fly and that's why we're recommencing our flights," a United Airlines spokesperson said. After a 17-minute delay, United Flight 84 departed at 5:01 pm from Newark, New Jersey bound for Tel Aviv. But the Federal Aviation Administration, while lifting its ban, warned of a "very fluid situation" amid intense fighting in the Gazoo Strip that has left nearly 800 Paleostinians dead. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Thank you (I hope) Sen. Cruz. |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-07-25 12:59 |
| #1 Thereby showing it was kabuki posturing by the western governments. Looking for a way to cave in to Hamas. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-07-25 12:56 |