NgoMashi 28, inkampani yezindiza i-Al yafaka icala ngokumelene nohulumeni wayo wakwa-Israel futhi ayihambisani nomdlandla wayo ngendlela uhulumeni enza ngayo izinqubomgomo zokuheha i-Air India ukuthi iqale ukusebenza kwakamuva emzileni wayo waseTel Aviv - Delhi.
Esikhathini esiyingqophamlando nesingakaze sibonwe, ngoMashi 22, 2018, indiza ye-Air India i-AI 139 indize indiza yayo yokuqala kulo mzila, isuka eTel Aviv, kwa-Israel, ilibangise eNew Delhi, e-India, ngo-2:30 ntambama, indizela phezu kweSaudi Arabia nase-Oman. . Zombili lezi zifundazwe azinabo ubudlelwano bezokuxhumana ne-Israel. Inkampani yezindiza ithole imvume eyingqayizivele yokundiza phezu kwendawo yomoya yaseSaudi Arabia.
Kule minyaka engu-70 edlule, iSaudi Arabia ibingenabo ubudlelwano bezokuxhumana ne-Israel futhi yenqabele ukusetshenziswa kwendawo yayo yomoya kuzo zonke izindiza eziya kwa-Israel, okusho ukuthi izindlela zendiza bekufanele zihambe ngenye indlela. Lokhu kwenyusa isikhathi sokundiza ngamahora amabili, okuholele emazingeni aphezulu kaphethiloli namanani amathikithi.
Ngokumangazayo, uhulumeni waseSaudi Arabia uhoxise ukuphikisa kwakhe ngale ndiza ye-Air India, nakuba izinsiza ezifanayo zingatholakali ku-El Al. Lokhu kuwuphawu lokushintsha izibalo phakathi kwezitha zendabuko, i-Israel kanye ne-Saudi Arabia, okungenzeka kulwisane nokuvela kwezepolitiki okukhulayo kokubusa kwe-Iran.
U-El Al uthi lokhu kulimaza kakhulu njengoba kunikeza i-Air India inzuzo yokuncintisana engafanele, futhi, ngakho-ke, ifuna ukuthi izimo ezifanayo zitholakale enkampanini yayo yezindiza. Uhulumeni wakwa-Israel uphinde wanikeza i-Air India isibonelelo sezimali sesikhathi esisodwa sama-euro angu-750,000 ukuze isebenze kathathu ngesonto kulo mzila .
Umongameli kanye ne-CEO ka-El Al, uGonen Usishkin, kanye noSihlalo u-Eli Defes uthe esithangamini sabezindaba ukuthi ukuvumela lo mzila undize phezu kwendawo yomoya yaseSaudi, enganikezi i-El Al Airlines amalungelo afanayo, kwephula ukuzibophezela kwayo kumphathi wezwe wakwa-Israyeli. Yize iSaudi Arabia inikeze imvume yomzila, u-El Al ucela inkantolo yakwa-Israel ukuthi ivimbele i-Air India ukuthi ithathe indlela emfushane ngaphandle uma inkampani yenethiwekhi yakwa-Israel ithola imvume efanayo.
