Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 26, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 26, 2023
First Israeli flight to use Oman airspace takes off from Tel Aviv
Illustrative: An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport, on October 13, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
The first Israeli flight to pass through the airspace of Oman takes off from Ben Gurion Airport, according to El Al.
The flight to Bangkok is slated to take eight hours instead of the 11 it has traditionally required to travel around Saudi Arabia and Oman on the way to the Far East.
Oman agreed last week to open its airspace to all carriers after the Saudis made a similar announcement last year.
