All EU airlines will be able to operate direct flights to Israel from anywhere in the EU and Israeli carriers will be able to operate flights to airports throughout the EU, under the new agreement.
Delta Air Lines this week launched the biggest expansion by any single airline at New York's LaGuardia Airport in 40 years, launching flights to 12 new cities, with another 14 set to take off in June.
The first Boeing 777-200ER for Scoot, the soon-to-be-launched new low cost carrier from Singapore Airlines, has emerged from the paint hangar in Singapore.