British tour operators have informed their agencies in Israel that they will be cancelling the arrival of over 5,000 tourists to Israel next winter, because of problems placed in the way of charter flight operations by the Israel Ministry of Transport.
Two United Kingdom agencies said the Monarch Charter Company had decided to cancel all its flights to Israel, and their customers would be flown to holiday destinations elsewhere in Europe.
Monarch said it was impossible to fulfill the new Israeli regulations barring flights of mixed passengers originating in Israel and abroad. Under the new regulations, flights on regular routes would have to be confirmed to either Israeli or non-Israeli passengers.
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