British Airways has canceled all flights to Israel till the tip of July and through discussions right now by the Knesset Economics Committee a lawyer representing the UK service has admitted that there have been political concerns behind the choice.
Regardless of her admission that didn’t forestall Adv. Shirly Kazir, a associate and head of the Aviation, Maritime & Tourism Division on the FBC regulation agency, who represents British Airways and different international airways, from asking the Knesset Economics Committee for a lot reaching financial advantages in order that the airline may resume Israel flights.
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Adv. Kazir recalled that after a missile fired by the Houthi rebels from Yemen hit the grounds of Ben Gurion airport on Could 4, Minister of Transport Miri Regev declared a particular state of affairs permitting airways to cut back their obligations to compensate passengers solely till Could 12. She demanded advantages just like these given to airways flying to the US, and which weren’t given to European airways.
“However you continue to have not returned, so what would you like?” Economics Committee chairman MK David Bitan (Likud) bluntly demanded. He added, “Possibly the Prime Minister on the left who was elected there would not wish to fly to Israel.”
Adv. Kazir replied, “There are actually many political concerns right here. Nobody denies that, however I signify many firms.”
Bitan addressed Adv. Kazir’s demand present European airways with the identical circumstances as airways flying to the US, “On the time the principle drawback was not flights to Europe, however flights to the US, that are dearer, and that is why the federal government got here up with is plan. I do not assume the federal government ought to all the time fund worldwide firms.”
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on Could 28, 2025.
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