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UAE airlines the first to resume flights to Israel since beginning of Operation Epic Fury in Iran

Nypost · · 528 words · By Jewish News Syndicate
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“UAE airlines the first to resume flights to Israel since beginning of Operation Epic Fury in Iran”
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Multiple web search results indicate that UAE carriers were among the first to resume flights to Israel following the start of the conflict in Iran. One source specifically mentions the resumption since the war against Iran began on Feb. 28.
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web search NEUTRAL — Two Emirati carriers are among the first international airlines to resume flying to Israel since the war against Iran began on Feb. 28, highlighting the close cooperation and burgeoning ties ...
https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/business/uae-airlines-the-firs…
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web search NEUTRAL — Emirates is preparing to resume flights to Tel Aviv, ending a two-year hiatus prompted by wars between Israel and its enemies in the Middle East.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-02/emirates-…
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web search NEUTRAL — United Airlines has canceled flights to Israel until August, while Delta Air Lines has suspended service to Tel Aviv until September. The four Israeli carriers, led by El Al, which operated repatriati…
https://www.jns.org/foreign-carriers-led-by-flydubai-start-r…
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“The resumption of service by Abu Dhabi’s flag carrier, Etihad, and low-cost FlyDubai to Tel Aviv puts them ahead of all major European and American airlines, which have not yet resumed flights to Israel.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the resumption of service by Etihad and FlyDubai positions them ahead of major European and American airlines. This claim is supported by multiple independent reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ben Gurion International Airport (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym Natbag (נתב״ג‎), is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on outskirts north of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion_Airport
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Etihad Airways is one of the two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates (the other being Emirates). Its head office is in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, near Zayed International Airport. The airline comm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etihad_Airways
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dubai Aviation Corporation (Arabic: مؤسسة دبي للطيران), doing business as flydubai (Arabic: فلاي دبي), is an Emirati government-owned airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The airline mainly o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flydubai
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“The United Arab Emirates was the first signatory of the landmark 2020 Abraham Accords, which saw four Arab countries make peace with Israel.”
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Wikipedia sources confirm that the Abraham Accords established normalization beginning with the UAE and Bahrain, and that they were announced and signed in 2020. The claim that the UAE was the first signatory is supported by the reference material.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Abraham Accords are a set of agreements that established diplomatic normalization between Israel and several Arab states, beginning with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Announced in August a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the 1970s, there has been a parallel effort made to find terms upon which peace can be agreed to in the Arab–Israeli conflict and also specifically the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Over the yea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab–Israeli_normalization
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UAE–Israel land corridor is a primarily land-based trade route which runs from ports in Bahrain and United Arab Emirates across Saudi Arabia and Jordan, into Israel, and Egypt, leading from the Pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAE–Israel_land_corridor
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“The close security cooperation between the two nations has only grown since the war began, when the two countries came under Iranian missile and drone attack, forcing the temporary closure of both nations’ airports.”
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While multiple sources mention Iranian missile and drone attacks on the UAE and Israel occurred in February 2026 (according to Wikipedia entries), the claim that this *forced* the temporary closure of *both* nations' airports and that this *increased* security cooperation is a narrative synthesis not directly confirmed by the evidence. The evidence confirms the attacks and the subsequent cooperation, but not the causal link described.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — At around 12:53 p.m. on 28 February 2026, following the coordinated 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched a multiday series of missile and drone airstrikes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched joint airstrikes on Iran, starting the 2026 Iran war. The strikes targeted Iranian officials, military commanders, and military assets, assas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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“Both carriers were notably among the sole international airlines that flew to Israel throughout the two-year war with Hamas in Gaza, triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of southern Israel.”
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Multiple web search results state that since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, global airlines have canceled flights, and Etihad and FlyDubai are noted for continuing services, indicating they were among the few operating during that period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates trace their origins to the early days of the Oslo Accords, where Israeli and Emirati diplomats had contact with each other in the 1990s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–United_Arab_Emirates_re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_the_COVID-19_pand…
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web search NEUTRAL — BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel (AP) — At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, more than a year of war has taken its toll. Global airlines have canceled flights, gates are empty and pic…
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-flydubai-el-al-a…
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“Amid the continuing regional instability, all three U.S. legacy carriers have pushed back service to Tel Aviv until September, effectively canceling summer travel to Israel.”
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The evidence provides specific examples of carriers postponing service (e.g., United to Sept 7, French carrier until July 14), but there is no single, comprehensive source confirming that *all three* U.S. legacy carriers postponed service until September, nor is there a universal confirmation of canceling *all* summer travel based on the provided snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tel Aviv Metro (also MetroTLV) is a subway system being built in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. It will augment the Tel Aviv Light Rail and Israel Railways suburban lines and consist of three undergr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv_Metro
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Telefon Tel Aviv is an American electronic music act formed in 1999 by musicians Charles Cooper and Joshua Eustis. Since Cooper's accidental death in 2009, Telefon Tel Aviv has continued with Eustis a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefon_Tel_Aviv
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“Among the other foreign carriers currently flying to Tel Aviv are the Israeli-owned Greek airline Bluebird Airways, Cypriot Tus Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Czech Smartwings, China-based Hainan Airlines, Russian carrier Red Wings, Georgian Airlines and Moldovan airline FlyOne.”
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Multiple web search results list the exact same set of foreign airlines resuming service to Tel Aviv, including Bluebird, TUS, Ethiopian, Smartwings, Hainan, Red Wings, Georgian, and FlyOne, confirming the list provided in the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ethiopian Airlines is set to resume Tel Aviv-Addis Ababa service on April 17, while Hainan Airlines is also due back on April 17. Smartwings, Georgian Airways and FlyOne are expected to return this we…
https://www.visaverge.com/news/bluebird-airways-and-etihad-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bluebird Airways (Greece), ALK Airlines (Bulgaria), TUS Airways (Cyprus), Smartwings (Czech), Georgian Airways (Georgia), FlyOne (Moldovia), Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopia), Etihad Airways (United Arab …
https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/foreign-airlines-to-res…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bluebird, TUS, Etihad, Ethiopian, Smartwings, Hainan, Red Wings, Georgian and FlyOne to restart operations to and from Ben Gurion Airport, airport authority says By Sharon Wrobel Today, 3:37 pm ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nine-foreign-airlines-plan-to-…
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