United Airlines announced on Monday that it will suspend all flights to Israel through March.
According to information outlet Israel National News, the company cited Tel Aviv’s anti-pandemic measures and apologized for the inconvenience to the lots of passengers who would have to cancel flights to the nation.
Meanwhile, Israel moved to the third phase of easing coronavirus-related restrictions on Sunday. On 7 March, Israeli authorities opened borders for 1,000 air passengers from abroad every 24 hours, claiming that the number would later be elevated. At the moment, solely certain categories of overseas passengers are allowed to enter the nation. Authorities also lifted the ban on the return of Israeli citizens.
Thus far, Tel Aviv is first within the number of individuals vaccinated, as 54.6 % of the population has reportedly received their first jab and 41.4% second, according to Bloomberg data tracking. Over 805,000 individuals in Israel have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus and 5,917 have been reported killed by the disease since the outbreak of the pandemic.
