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A FlyDubai flight from Tel Aviv to Dubai on December 7, 2020. (Shoshanna Solomon/ Times of Israel)
December 8, 2020, 11:37 am
30,000 feet above virus-stricken planet, a terrifying view of the way we are now
The FlyDubai plane to the UAE was packed, and I was paranoid: Forget terrorism or crashing, it was a simple cough that now had me wondering if we can ever go home again
By Shoshanna Solomon
An Israeli man walks past Emirati staff after passport control upon arrival from Tel Aviv to the Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates, on November 26, 2020. (Karim Sahib/AFP)
December 7, 2020, 8:05 am
Hundreds of Israelis briefly denied entry to UAE after landing in Dubai
Passengers told issue due to change in visa regulations late Sunday; Israelis eventually allowed in after intervention by senior Foreign Ministry officials
By TOI staff
An Israeli tourist shows his passport after he lands in Dubai on the inaugural commercial Flydubai flight from Ben Gurion Airport to Dubai, November 26, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 12)
November 26, 2020, 9:34 pm
200 Israelis land in UAE as flydubai plane returns after inaugural Israel flight
‘A dream come true,’ says one passenger on landing in Dubai; the UAE state-owned budget airline has launched twice-daily Dubai-Tel Aviv flights
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, at a ceremony welcoming the first commercial flydubai flight to Israel, at Ben Gurion Airport, November 26, 2020 (Avi Ohayun/GPO)
November 26, 2020, 2:19 pm
First commercial Emirati flight lands; Netanyahu hails a ‘new era’
UAE’s state-owned airline flydubai offers twice-daily Dubai-Tel Aviv flights; PM predicts ‘with great confidence’ that more states will normalize relations with Israel soon
By Raphael Ahren
In this Oct. 27, 2010 file photo, a Boeing 737 being delivered to FlyDubai is seen in Seattle (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
November 26, 2020, 9:36 am
First commercial Flydubai flight takes off from Dubai to Tel Aviv
Emirati budget airline set to launch direct flights to and from Israel twice daily, with El Al, Israir expected to launch their own flights next month
By Sarah Stewart
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