In first, Air India lands in Israel after crossing Saudi

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An Air India passenger jet landed in Tel Aviv on Thursday night, becoming the first commercial flight to Israel to transit Saudi airspace.

“This is a historic moment,” Israeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz told AFP on the tarmac as the Boeing Dreamliner rolled to a halt.

“It is the first time that there is an official connection between the state of Israel and Saudi Arabia,” he said in Hebrew.