El Al Taps Aviation Regulator in Campaign to Access Saudi Air
- Israeli airline seeks ICAO’s help as Air India starts flights
- El Al flights take circuitous route to India to bypass Saudis
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El Al Israel Airlines asked the global aviation regulator to help it secure rights to fly over Saudi Arabia, which would reduce flight times and costs for the Israeli carrier.
Saudi Arabia would violate United Nations-sanctioned regulations should it allow Indian planes en route to Israel to fly over its airspace without granting the same access to Israeli carriers, Chief Executive Officer Gonen Usishkin wrote in a letter addressed to Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, president of the International Civil Aviation Organization, that was obtained by Bloomberg News.