Regular, scheduled air flights began yesterday from Jerusalem Airport, formerly the Kalandia Airport, linking Jerusalem by air with Tel Aviv, the Galilee and Eilat. The airport is only four miles from the city, and the Israel Government intends to develop it as an international airport.
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