Flydubai suspends Tel Aviv flights until further notice at authorities’ request: CEO

Dubai-based carrier Flydubai temporarily suspended flights to Tel Aviv at the request of authorities following this week’s cockpit incident aboard one of its aircraft, the airline’s chief executive said Friday, Anadolu reports. “At the request of the authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations to Tel Aviv until further notice,” CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith said in a statement carried by the Dubai Media Office. He said the airline’s teams are working to assist passengers affected by the suspension and help them reach their final destinations. Al Ghaith also provided an update on flight FZ1073, which was traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Sept. 30 when it was diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, following a “safety incident in the flight deck.” […]