Enabling Israeli airlines to facilitate travel for Palestinians to Turkey and other countries makes the utmost sense.
Israel, for security reasons, does not allow most West Bank Palestinians to travel out of Ben Gurion Airport.
West Bank Palestinians who want to travel abroad must now go through the Allenby Crossing in the Jordan Valley and into neighboring Jordan for international flights out of Amman.
West Bank Palestinians who want to travel abroad must now go through the Allenby Crossing in the Jordan Valley and into neighboring Jordan for international flights out of Amman.
A first charter flight of passengers from the West Bank is set to leave from Ramon International Airport later in August.
Musa Rahhal, spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Transport and Communications, said that the PA is officially opposed to the idea.
The plane landing shows that the airport can receive military and civilian equipment and aid in the case of emergencies.
On Monday, six weeks after the airports official opening, Irish low-cost carrier RyanAir has operated three flights, to Poznan, Poland and round-trip from Prague, Czech Republic to the Ramon Airport.
The Ramon Airport was opened last month. We had a look at the flights departing from Ben-Gurion Airport, some of which are slated to take off from the new airport in the future.
"The Zionist vision is being realized here, from the foundations up to the rafters: planting a root into the earth of the homeland - and at the same time taking off to the peak of success."
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