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Israel's El Al will operate first cargo plane from Israeli airline to Dubai

Israel and the United Arab Emirates continue to work on flights between the two states following their decision to normalize relations.

A picture taken on August 31, 2020, shows the El Al's airliner, which is carrying a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE following a normalisation accord, landing on the tarmac in the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE at the Abu Dhabi airport. - A US-Israeli delegation including White House advisor Jared Kushner took off on a historic first direct commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi to mark the normalisation of ties between the Jewish state and the UAE. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (P
An El Al airliner carrying a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE following a normalization accord lands at the Abu Dhabi airport on Aug. 31, 2020, in the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE. — KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images

Israel’s flagship airline El Al will fly the first cargo flight from an Israeli airline to Dubai this month.

On Sept. 16, an El Al jet will fly to Belgium and pick up farming and tech products and then head to the United Arab Emirates’ most populous city, Reuters reported today.

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