EgyptAir scheduled to operate 4 direct flights to Tel Aviv in marked aeroplanes

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EgyptAir is scheduled to operate four direct flights from Cairo to Tel Aviv every week from the beginning of October. According to*the Times of Israel, flights between the two cities are currently run by Air Sinai, in planes without the Egyptian flag. The flights were to fulfil the terms of the peace deal, which was*signed in 1979. However, despite the signing of the treaty, relations remained cool for decades meaning the flights were kept discreet. Following President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's rise to power, relations between Cairo and Tel Aviv have warmed considerably and from October, the flights will be in fully marked aeroplanes. Under Al-Sisi's presidency there has been significant security cooperation between the Egyptian and Israeli army in Sinai […]

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