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Champagne welcome for inaugral Eilat flight

Passengers flew into Eilat City airport on the inaugural Isrotel Sun Express flight from Luton

December 15, 2009 17:01
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ByJan Shure, Jan Shure

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Around 150 passengers were given a champagne welcome when they flew into Eilat City airport on the inaugural Isrotel Sun Express flight from Luton on Sunday night.

The flight – the first of a programme running through the winter – was arranged by the UK-owned hotel chain to provide direct flights between London and the Red Sea Resort.

Rafi Sadeh, managing director of Isrotel said they had decided to provide the charter flights for those booking packages at their hotels to “keep the UK market alive”.

“The UK market is important for us, and we could see that, without direct flights, many people who would otherwise have come to Eilat were choosing other winter-sun destinations.