In First, Air India Lands In Israel After Crossing Saudi

In first, Air India lands in Israel after crossing Saudi

Tel Aviv, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Mar, 2018 ) :An Air India passenger jet landed in Tel Aviv on Thursday night, becoming the first commercial flight to Israel to transit Saudi airspace.

"This is a historic moment," Israeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz told AFP on the tarmac as the Boeing Dreamliner rolled to a halt. "It is the first time that there is an official connection between the state of Israel and Saudi Arabia," he said in Hebrew.