First plane with Israeli tourists onboard lands in UAE after deal

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DUBAI, 9 November 2020, (TON): The first Boeing 737s flight took off from Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv earlier Sunday morning and landed at United Arab Emirate (UAE). The arrival of group of tourists comes as Dubai after historic agreement of peace between Israel and UAE last month.  The agreements, which were seen as a foreign policy victory for President Donald Trump is likely to be followed by the incoming President-elect  in January 2021.

Fly Dubai flight FZ8194 landed at Dubai International Airport just after 5:40 p.m. on 8 November 2020.  Members of Gaya Tours, Jewish Israelis and Arab Israelis were on board.

Tel Aviv is positive that the two way tourism between UAE and Israel is likely to improve a lot despite COVID-19 as many Israelis are eager to visit UAE in the coming days.

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