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By TOI Staff - April 18, 2022
The first flight on a new direct route between Israel and the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh departed from Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday.
The plane touched down about 50 minutes later in Sharm el-Sheikh, located at the southern tip of the Sinai Pensinula.
The agreement to launch the route was announced last month by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office days before he flew to Sharm el-Sheikh for a trilateral summit with the leaders of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
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