El Al to fly first cargo flight to Dubai by an Israeli carrier

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – El Al Israel Airlines said on Thursday it will operate the first cargo flight to Dubai by an Israeli carrier on Sept. 16.

The first flight, using a Boeing 747 jet, will fly to Belgium and from there to Dubai, carrying agricultural and high tech products. It will later become a weekly flight, leaving Israel every Wednesday and returning to Israel on Fridays.

El Al said the new line will be an “import and export” link to Dubai and further east.

(Reporting by Tova Cohen; Editing by Ari Rabinovitch)