ISRAEL is to allow Israir, mainly known for domestic services using ATR 42 aircraft, to compete with the recently privatised El Al on flights between Tel Aviv and New York.
With two US airlines planned to be on the route for the summer of 2006 the Israeli government has bowed to pressure for a local competitor to be authorised in competition with El Al, although that carrier claims a "gross breach of the commitment" given by the government when the former state airline was privatised. Israir, whose fleet includes both Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft has had experience in operating into JFK with a charter mandate.
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