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Sunday, September 4, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Israel to ban Boeing 747s, other 4-engine aircraft in bid to reduce pollution
Illustrative. A Boeing 747 El Al plane. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
Boeing 747 and similar four-engine planes will be barred from landing in Israel beginning at the end of March in a bid to bring down noise and air pollution, the airports authority is quoted saying by Reuters.
The Israel Airports Authority says it has told airlines they will not be able to fly such large planes to Tel Aviv next summer season.
As part of a broader plan under development to improve the surrounding environment, the authority said that it had already told airlines they would not be able to land large airplanes at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv as of the 2023 summer season.
