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Saudia Airlines Plane Serviced in Israel, Cancels Contract w/ Holding Company

Saudi Arabian Airlines
image: Aero Shots

A couple of months back I wrote of discrimination at JFK airport due to a passenger being an Israeli passport holder. In the incident, Kuwait Airlines would not let a woman fly to London on their plane due to the passport she carried.

Now in a bizarre piece of airline news, Saudi Arabian Airlines has cancelled its contract with a Portuguese company called Hi Fly which leases planes to the airline.

The offense: getting “an off-duty Saudi Arabian Airlines plane” serviced at an Israeli airport! Continue reading Saudia Airlines Plane Serviced in Israel, Cancels Contract w/ Holding Company