The Israeli Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) said today, Friday, that Israel and the UAE have agreed on a security arrangement that will allow Israeli airlines to resume their full schedule of flights to Dubai.
A dispute over security at Dubai Airport prompted the two sides to reduce flights to 3 out of 10, and all flights would have stopped by March 8 unless an agreement was reached.
The reason for the dispute between the Emirates and Israel over the flights between them is due to the UAE side’s refusal to allow the Israeli airlines to take over the Israeli security services themselves to guard the flights.
And direct flights from Tel Aviv to Dubai are among the steps that resulted in the normalization agreement between the two countries in 2020, and hundreds of thousands of Israelis have visited the UAE since then.
The Israeli El Al airline praised the decision and said it would immediately return to operate 3 or 4 flights per day to Dubai.
The Shin Bet has previously expressed unreported concerns regarding the arrangements at Dubai International Airport.
El Al and two smaller companies (Israel, Arkia) also operate flights to Dubai, and said that among the issues was providing sufficient security signs for workers to be able to operate flights according to full flight schedules.
