Israel carrier El Al will operate cargo flights to Turkey for first time in a decade

 

El Al Israel Airlines starts cargo flights, twice a week, between Tel Aviv & Istanbul from today [@MadhuvanthiS95/Twitter]

 

May 24, 2020

 

Israeli carrier El Al will begin operating cargo flights from Tel Aviv to Turkey for the first time in a decade, according to local media.

Israel airline El Al will start operating cargo flights between Tel Aviv and Turkey for the first time in ten years, local media said.

The first El Al flight downed wheels in Istanbul on Sunday morning to pick up 24 tons of humanitarian aid and protective equipment meant for US medical teams on the frontlines fighting coronavirus.

Madhuvanthi Srinivasan | مدهوونتی شرینیوسن@MadhuvanthiS95

El Al Israel Airlines starts cargo flights, twice a week, between Tel Aviv & Istanbul from today.

El Al passenger flights b/w Turkey & Israel stopped in 2010 because of the Gaza flotilla incident.#Turkey #Israel #Istanbul #Türkiye #İsrail #İstanbul #تركيا #إسرائيل #اسطنبول https://twitter.com/RoeyGilad/status/1264429684894437381 …

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First #ElAL cargo flight to #Istanbul after more than ten years. Congratulations #ELAL

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Turkish aviation authorities gave El Al approval to operate flights twice weekly between Istanbul and Tel Aviv, in order to transport the goods after putting in the request last week.

El Al will be using its Dreamliner plane for the route.

Turkey halted flights from Tel Aviv to Turkey in 2010, after nine pro-Palestine activists were killed by Israeli forces during the Gaza flotilla incident, where the ship Mavi Marmara attempted to break the illegal naval blockade on the Gaza Strip.

After the attack, relations between Israel and Turkey became strained.