Israel has added a 21st runway to Ben Gurion International Airport, just in time for the summer tourism season.
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz called the project, “an additional stage in the implementation of the Open Skies policy, allowing more competition between airlines that will result in lower prices for airfares.”
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The first plane to hit the tarmac was that of an El Al flight arriving in Lod from Rhodes.
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