Tel Aviv – The arrival of jumbo jet with the logo “Saudia” to Ben-Gurion Airport overnight Tuesday generated a stir in the Israeli media on Wednesday after surprised airport workers spotted the plane.
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The plane in question, an Airbus A330-300 devoid of passengers, arrived from Brussels to Tel Aviv for routine maintenance work with the Bedek Aviation Company, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), officials said. A European client that works with Bedek for plane maintenance happens to lease its jets to various corporations, including Saudia, they explained.
“IAI confirmed that the Airbus came to IAI facilities in order to have maintenance work done due to an agreement that IAI has with a European company that leases the plane to Saudi Arabia,” a spokeswoman for IAI told The Jerusalem Post.
Typically, routine maintenance on such planes takes about a few weeks, officials said.
Saudia – also called Saudi Arabian Airlines – is the national airline of the gulf state, based in Jeddah. Israel and Saudi Arabia do not have diplomatic relations.
“My enemy’s (iran) enemy (saudi arabia), is my friend”
So what kind of “history in the making” is this, if this plane which was brought to Israel for maintenance by its leasing company has got NOTHING to do with Israel? What a misleading headline…..
On route to Rab Shimon
Stolen Integrity versus prelude for peace. The small average mind probably can not comprehend the liberty involved.
Look, business is business; what difference does it make where the plane originated from? There are Arabs, who come from all over the Middle East, to use the Hadassah Medical Center, as they know that they will receive superior care, at that facility. There are also Arabs who do business with EY, in a surreptitious manner
Good Cover for very important VIP’s on Board.
The Mossad knows how to play the fiddle,
unlike barack ( NERO ) who only knows how
to send John ( NEVILLE ) Kerry to appease.
Yes, he will leave a legacy, as who would have thought he
would get Israel and the Kingdom to talk to each other let
alone coordinate policy.
Wouldn’t it be great if Saudi Arabia fights Iran, Iran fights ISIS and so forth….
Maybe, just maybe, Israel will watch its enemies destroy each other !
Halevai !
Now if only Lubavitch and Satmar could make up.
Start with Satmar making up.
There is always a reason for something that seems innocuous. We have no idea what the reason is, but there is a reason for this.