Poland and Czechoslovakia have given permission to Israeli commercial planes to fly through their airspace, lifting a ban imposed when those countries broke diplomatic relations with Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.
One result will be to shorten El Al’s flights between Tel Aviv and Copenhagen by 20 minutes, the airline announced Sunday. El Al will soon introduce new Boeing 757 aircraft on this and other routes. The new planes, which can seat 191 passengers, will replace the Boeing 707s now in use.
Israel and Poland took the first steps toward re-establishing diplomatic ties last summer, when Israel opened an interest section in Warsaw and Poland opened one in Tel Aviv. Interest sections are the lowest level of diplomatic representation.
There has been no such move to date between Israel and Czechoslovakia.
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