Rona Ramon

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Israel inaugurates new international airport to boost Eilat tourism
Ilan Gattegno and Ronit ZilbersteinIsrael HayomJanuary 21, 2019
Constructed at a cost of some $500 million, it has an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers. It is able to handle 20 takeoffs and landings an hour and accommodate large aircraft, such as Boeing 747s.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the official opening ceremony of the new Ramon International Airport, named in memory of Ilan and Asaf Ramon, near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, on Jan. 21, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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Israel inaugurates new international airport to boost Eilat tourism
Ilan Gattegno and Ronit ZilbersteinIsrael HayomJanuary 21, 2019
Constructed at a cost of some $500 million, it has an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers. It is able to handle 20 takeoffs and landings an hour and accommodate large aircraft, such as Boeing 747s.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the official opening ceremony of the new Ramon International Airport, named in memory of Ilan and Asaf Ramon, near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, on Jan. 21, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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Rona Ramon, wife of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, dies
December 17, 2018
“Rona Ramon has gone from us as she lived among us—noble, clear and full of belief. Ilan and Asaf touched the skies, and Rona touched our hearts,” said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Rona Ramon, the wife of the late Ilan Ramon, who died in the 2003 :Columbia" space shuttle explosion. She died on Monday after a long battle with cancer. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
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