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Friday, July 18, 2014
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Friday, July 18, 2014
Tel Aviv flight almost empty as Gaza fighting rages
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Reuters journalist says that Operation Protective Edge is taking its tolls on Israeli tourism. The plane he landed on was “largely empty,” he says on Twitter.
Plane to Tel Aviv was largely empty. Lots of cancellations, apparently. Approach route changed cos of Gaza. You now sweep over West Bank
— Crispian Balmer (@crispiandjb) July 18, 2014
Planes approaching Ben Gurion International Airport now take evasive measures over the Mediterranean Sea on their approach, and traverse the coastal plain — rather than Tel Aviv — before landing.
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