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Monday, October 30, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 30, 2023
Report: El Al to stop flying over Saudi Arabia, Oman on flights to Asia
El Al airplanes on the tarmac at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
According to several Hebrew media reports, El Al has decided to stop flying over Saudi Arabia and Oman on its flights to southeast Asia, significantly lengthening them.
A flight to Bangkok will now take 11.5 hours instead of 8.5 hours — reverting back to the lengthy route it took for years, until earlier this year.
Reports indicate that the decision was made due to security concerns and could be temporary.
