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All Israeli airlines to stop flying from 2019: media
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IANS | 15 Oct, 2018
Israel's leading airline El Al warns that all Israeli airlines will stop
flying from January 1, 2019 because of security concerns abroad, a
newspaper reported on Sunday.
The surprising announcement was
made by Eli Dapas, El Al chairman, in his urgent letter to the deputy
head of Israel's National Security Council and the Director General of
the Prime Minister's Office, the Hebrew-language newspaper Yedioth
Ahronoth reported.
All flights would be halted because the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not intend to continue employing
security guards worldwide, Dapas said in the letter.
According to
Dapas, the Director-General of the Foreign Ministry recently sent him a
letter saying the Ministry won't employ security workers any more at
foreign airports after January 1 as no agreement had been reached with
these employees.
These Israeli security personnel living abroad
normally serve as assistants of security officers in the destinations
flown by Israeli international airlines El Al, Arkia and Israir.
Copies
of the letter were sent to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
who also serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of
Transport.
Any change in the complex security system will require
the consent of many bodies, and the government can't take such decision
only 2.5 months in advance, Dapas noted.
The Prime Minister's Office, however, said the issue was expected to be resolved with the Ministry of Finance in days.
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