“Today, Etihad Airways and EL AL Israel Airlines announced a new reciprocal loyalty agreement.”
I read the press release and did a double take. It took a moment for it to sink in, as it would anyone with a memory that extends past last week.
El Al started life in 1948 as the national airline of Israel, although it has since been privatized. Etihad is the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), long part of the Arab boycott of Israel. Indeed, the first president of the UAE after it became an independent country in 1971, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, referred to Israel
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