Saudi allowing Air India overflight shows new image of India: Suresh Prabhu
Suresh Prabhu said: "There is a need to ensure that India makes progress and realises its true potential. I will give an example of this... Today, Saudi Arabia has allowed (flight operations) from Delhi to Tel Aviv over the airspace of Saudi Arabia. "Saudi Arabia`s airspace was never used for landing into Israel. What this shows is a new image of India." On Thursday, Air India operated its inaugural flight linking New Delhi with a 256-seater Boeing 787 Dreamliner
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The duration of the flight to be operated by Air India between New Delhi and Tel Aviv is around two hours less than that taken by Israel`s national carrier El Al, which has direct flights between Tel Aviv and Mumbai. Image source: Reuters