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The strange route Benjamin Netanyahu took to get from Singapore to Sydney
"the strange route of Netanyahu's plane shows another effect of Israel's diplomatic situation. Indonesia doesn't grant El Al access to its national airspace" (www.smh.com.au) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It was June 1973 I flew on a PamAm Boeing-747, Flight 2, from Bangkok to Hong Kong by first heading south over the Gulf of Thailand, then east and north, avoiding Vietnam. I did it again after the war by being able to fly direct BKK to HKG, the second time seeing huge craters in the Vietnam countryside from bombs dropped by Boeing-52s. It was a green moonscape.
Remember when the USSR did not allow overflies? That was a huge block of airspace that prevented cheap and non-stop Europe-Asia travel.
Back in the day I was told that an airline that served Israel and any of the Arab states had to maintain separate fleets which were not allowed to land in an Arab country if they ever landed in Israel. Don't know how true it was but wouldn't surprise me a bit. Some of these Arab states can be that petty.
There is plenty of hatred and pettiness on both sides of the Arab/Israeli conflict. No halos on either side.
As the saying goes ... choices have consequences.
Also look at the daily TLV-BKK flight. It takes much longer because Saudi Arabia doesn't allow El Al to fly in their airspace