Israel and Egypt have agreed to launch direct flights between Tel Aviv and the Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Wednesday.
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The new route from Ben Gurion International Airport to Sharm El-Sheikh Airport is expected to become operational next month, just ahead of the Passover holiday. Israeli airlines Arkia and Israir have put in bids to operate the flights.
Israel and Egypt agreed to expand direct flights - a new route will be opened between Ben-Gurion Airport and Sharm el-Sheikh.
PM Bennett: "This agreement will further warm the relations between Israel and Egypt."https://t.co/ywByz7iQIY
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) March 16, 2022
The new route was brought up in September during a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi that took place in Sharm El-Sheikh.
The security details were finalized in recent days with a visit to Egypt by a delegation led by the head of the Israel Security Agency in collaboration with the National Security Council.
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Bennett said that the agreement is another step in the warming of relations between the two countries.
"Cooperation between the two countries is expanding in many areas, and it contributes to the two peoples and the stability of the region. Israel is opening up to the countries of the region," the prime minister said in a statement.
"Therefore, on both sides, we must invest in strengthening this connection, and that is what we're doing."
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
