ISRAEL: UAE Baulks at Israeli Security Demands; Flights Remain Suspended

TEL AVIV, Israel

• Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev has called off a visit to the United Arab Emirates after the Emirati authorities refused to meet minimum security requirements set by Israel.
• Israeli authorities demand deployment of Israeli security personnel at Dubai airports and installation of x-ray screening stations for aircraft baggage as conditions for flydubai flight resumption.
• Israel Security Agency (ISA) requirements blocked Israeli airline flights to the UAE in the months before the recent flydubai incident.
• flydubai now expects to resume flights to Israel no earlier than the end of the month following completion of its investigation.
• Israel has already stepped up its flight crew security checks in the wake of flight FZ1073's forced landing.

Sources:

• Globes