The aviation crisis
between Israel
and Georgia, which broke out about 10 days ago, appears to be over. The Arkia airline announced Wednesday evening that regular flights between Tel Aviv and Tbilisi would resume in the coming days.
The company said in a statement that meetings had been held between senior Israeli Aviation Authority officials, heads of the Georgian Transportation Ministry, and representatives of Arkia and Georgian Airlines. The sides were said to have reached agreements on resuming the regular flights between the destinations.
Over a week ago it was reported that the Georgian Aviation Authority was preventing Israeli airlines from flying to Georgia. Arkia had said in a statement that the Georgian Aviation Authority had decided not to honor an agreement signed recently with the Israeli Aviation Authority, as part of which the conditions for regular flights were agreed on. In response, the Israeli Aviation Authority decided not to allow Georgian airlines' flights to land in Israel.
"I am happy that we have signed an aviation agreement allowing us to fly passengers between the destinations, and I thank Giora Rom and Avi Ben Hur of the Israeli Aviation Authority for working to resolve the crisis," Arkia CEO Gadi Tepper said Wednesday.
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