Israir Halts Flights to Morocco After Dubai Air Incident
Translated & summarized from Calcalist by baba
Israir Airlines is suspending its newly launched flights to Marrakech, Morocco, and halting ticket sales after an attempted hijacking of a Flydubai plane prompted new security directives. The last flight is scheduled for October 20, and the airline is awaiting further security instructions before considering resuming service. Expansion plans for the route and leasing a new aircraft have been frozen.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Israir Airlines is suspending flights to Marrakech, Morocco, and halting ticket sales.
- The suspension follows an attempted hijacking of a Flydubai aircraft and new security directives.
- The final flight to Marrakech is scheduled for October 20.
- Israir had planned to increase flights to Marrakech to three per week.
- The airline is awaiting security instructions before considering resuming service.
Israir Airlines has announced it is suspending flights to Marrakech, Morocco, and halting ticket sales for the route, which it only launched at the beginning of the month. The final flight on this route, for the time being, is scheduled for October 20.
The decision follows an attempted hijacking of a Flydubai aircraft and subsequent security directives. Israir had been planning to increase its Marrakech flights to three per week in the coming months and was in negotiations to lease an additional aircraft as part of this expansion.
Both the expansion plans and the aircraft leasing initiative have now been frozen. Israir stated that it is awaiting security instructions from the relevant authorities. The airline has not provided a timeline for when a decision on resuming ticket sales to Marrakech might be made, nor how the new directives will impact its intention to restart flights to Dubai.
