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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Surprise at Ben Gurion as ‘Wings of Lebanon’ jet touches down
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA passenger jet emblazoned with the name of Lebanese airline Wings of Lebanon lands at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, sparking much curiosity.
“At first I though I was hallucinating or couldn’t see straight,” one bystander at the airport tells Ynet.
It soon emerges that the Boeing 737 is leased by Turkey’s Tailwind Airlines from another company, and in turn Tailwind sometimes leases it to Wings of Lebanon, which painted its own logo on the side. On this occasion, however, it is being used by Tailwind for a charter flight to Israel from Antalya.
It is unclear, however why the Istanbul-based airline chose to send this particular plane to a sworn enemy of Lebanon.
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Posted by ynet on Wednesday, August 31, 2016
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