{"id":9039,"date":"2018-02-14T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T10:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=9039"},"modified":"2018-02-14T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T10:46:29","slug":"ministry-external-affairs-shares-news-use-saudi-arabian-airspace-denied-saudi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ministry-external-affairs-shares-news-use-saudi-arabian-airspace-denied-saudi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of External Affairs shares news about use of Saudi Arabian airspace that is denied by Saudi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRiyadh allows Air India to use space for Israel flights\u201d. The official Facebook page of Ministry of External Affairs shared this news quoting Israeli daily <em>Haaretz<\/em> as its source. The news was also widely reported across Indian media and hailed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwarajyaMag\/status\/961415886191104001\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201chistoric first\u201d<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outlookindia\/status\/961236059161092096\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cdiplomatic win\u201d<\/a> and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Politics\/JnzEMhkwySqjfuKzKJQaeP\/Saudi-Arabia-allows-Air-India-to-use-its-airspace-for-flight.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a sign of India\u2019s nimble diplomacy in the region<\/a>\u201d \u00a0For 70 years, Saudi airspace has been closed to aircrafts with a flight-path to Israel. Opening up of Saudi airspace for Air India\u2019s proposed flights to Israel would mean shorter flight time, reduced fuel costs and cheaper tickets. Predictably the news led to much cheer on social media. There was only one slight problem: Israeli daily <em>Haaretz<\/em> which first broke the news had retracted it within four hours after a denial from Saudi Arabia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MEAINDIA\/posts\/1696202187068239\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of External Affairs<\/a>, most Indian media and social media users missed this important update.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Selection_14_02_2018_003-765x1024.png\" alt=\"MEA post\" width=\"696\" height=\"932\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Selection_14_02_2018_003-765x1024.png 765w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Selection_14_02_2018_003-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Selection_14_02_2018_003-768x1028.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Selection_14_02_2018_003-696x932.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Selection_14_02_2018_003-314x420.png 314w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Selection_14_02_2018_003.png 991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The news and its retraction<\/h3>\n<p>On February 7th, Israeli daily <em>Haaretz<\/em> broke the news that Saudi Arabia has allowed flights to Israel over its airspace. The story was based on unnamed sources in the Israeli flight industry. Exactly four hours later it retracted the news saying that Saudi Arabia had denied approval of flights to Israel over its airspace. The update was based on a <em>Reuters<\/em> report quoting a spokesman for Saudi Arabia&#8217;s General Authority of Civil Aviation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In historic first, Saudi Arabia allows flights to Israel over its airspace <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VFxMxYjPna\">https:\/\/t.co\/VFxMxYjPna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haaretzcom\/status\/961201423961616386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to Reuters, Saudi Denies Approval of Flights to Israel Over Its Airspace<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AvygqW1qK6\">https:\/\/t.co\/AvygqW1qK6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haaretzcom\/status\/961263134190206981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The headline of the story was changed from \u201c<em>In a historic first, Saudi Arabia allows flights to Israel over its airspace<\/em>\u201d to \u201c<em>Saudi Arabia denies report of historic approval of flights to Israel using its airspace<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/in-first-saudi-arabia-allows-flights-to-israel-over-its-airspace-1.5803140\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">story on <em>Haaretz<\/em> website<\/a> now carries the revised headline and is carefully worded to say \u201c<em>If confirmed, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s move would be the first public recognition of its warming ties with Israel and would be huge blow to El Al<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>If true, Riyadh&#8217;s approval would mean that the duration of flights from India to Israel will be shortened by two-and-a-half hours, compared to the route currently in use.<\/em>\u201d But then as the title states, the article clarifies that \u201c<em>according to Reuters, a spokesman for Saudi Arabia&#8217;s General Authority of Civil Aviation denied the report, saying the agency had not granted Air India permission to operate direct flights from Delhi to Tel Aviv.<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>Current Status<\/h3>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-airlines-air-india-israel\/air-india-asks-to-fly-over-saudi-arabia-on-planned-israel-route-idUSKBN1FR276\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report by Reuters<\/a>, Air India had \u201casked\u201d for permission to fly over Saudi airspace. \u201c<em>An Air India spokesman and Israel\u2019s Airports Authority said the state-run carrier had requested slots for three weekly flights between New Delhi and Tel Aviv.<\/em>\u201d It further reported a spokesman for Saudi\u2019s General Authority of Civil Aviation as saying that the agency had not granted any permission to Air India. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/News\/gulf\/2018\/02\/07\/Saudi-Arabia-denies-granting-airspace-for-flights-between-India-and-Israel.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report by Al Arabiya<\/a> also confirmed that no permission was granted by Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note that while Indian press rushed to believe the initial <em>Haaretz<\/em> story, barring a few, most completely ignored the amended version posted by <em>Haaretz<\/em>. No one thought of confirming the news with Air India or Ministry of Civil Aviation either. More alarming however is the Facebook post by Ministry of External Affairs sharing a news after it has been denied and retracted. One would have expected a ministry to be better informed. It is possible that in the coming days, Saudi Arabia may actually open up its airspace for flights to Tel Aviv. But then why count your chickens before they are hatched? Save the celebrations for later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRiyadh allows Air India to use space for Israel flights\u201d. The official Facebook page of Ministry of External Affairs shared this news quoting Israeli daily Haaretz as its source. The news was also widely reported across Indian media and hailed as a \u201chistoric first\u201d, a \u201cdiplomatic win\u201d and \u201ca sign of India\u2019s nimble diplomacy in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":9073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-9039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ministry of External Affairs shares news about use of Saudi Arabian airspace that is denied by Saudi - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ministry of External Affairs shares news about use of Saudi Arabian airspace that is denied by Saudi - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cRiyadh allows Air India to use space for Israel flights\u201d. 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