El Al
Israel’s flagship airline stopped using the jet at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
A change.org petition urging the company to reconsider has already garnered more than 3,300 signatures.
El Al moves US headquarters from New York to Miami
The rent for the new office space is expected to cost $90,000 annually.
Royal Air Maroc is one of four airlines flying between the two nations but the only one out of Casablanca; others depart from Marrakesh.
“This situation grossly harms competition, while an attempt is made to seize a market share under the guise of political calculations,” said the letter by the heads of El Al, Israir and Arkia.
“Approval of the MOU is another step on the path towards signing a binding agreement,” said El Al chairman Amikam Ben-Zvi.
The airline had wanted to start the flights last year, but the coronavirus outbreak delayed those plans.
The Israel-Morocco flights “will help promote tourism, trade and fruitful economic and political cooperation between the two countries,” says Israel’s tourism minister.
The aid is an advance payment on tickets for airline security personnel posted at airports and will cover their travel for the next 20 years.
El Al’s flight simulator made wheelchair-accessible for ‘Good Deeds Day’
“When it comes to integrating people with disabilities into society, the sky is definitely not the limit,” said Maj. Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog.
US threatens ban on El Al over rescue-flight exclusivity
With Israel’s national carrier the only airline operating flights for Israelis stranded in America due to the COVID closure of Ben-Gurion Airport, the Transportation Department is threatening to prevent El Al from landing in the United States.
A joint U.S.-Israel delegation led by senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat will be aboard.
