Bahrain’s Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister underlined that the country wants to open a direct airlink to Israel “as soon soon as possible”, in a visit to the Jewish State this week.
Zayed R. Alzayani said after his meeting with Israel’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi: “We are eager to launch direct flights between Bahrain and Tel Aviv. With us today in the delegation is a significant team presence from Gulf Air, our national carrier, to make sure that that gets established and up and running as soon as possible”.
Alzanyi arrived in Israel on Tuesday for a three-day visit with a delegation of 40 Bahraini officials and businesspeople with the aim of expanding bilateral ties in the areas of trade and tourism.
It is the second Bahraini ministerial delegation to Israel in the space of two weeks, and follows the signing of the landmark Abraham Accords normalising relations between the two countries, as well as between Israel and the UAE, in October.
Minister Alzanyi hailed the agreement: “We believe firmly that the continuity of this peace and the prosperity of this peace should be filtering down to the common citizen, in Bahrain and in Israel… The whole world is watching. We are determined and committed to make this a success story and to make it a case study for others to follow”.
