El Al banning liquids on flights to the USA and Railway Workers in Israel to Strike

El Al banning liquids on flights to the USA 


El Al has announced that from Monday 19th September 2011, passenger's on it's flights to the USA will no longer be able to carry liquids in bottles larger than 100ml on their flights, following a decision by the Federal Aviation Administration.






Railway Workers in Israel to Strike

The Railway Workers Union in Israel have announced that they will strike over the Government's proposed privatisation of Israel Railways according to Globes.  The strike dates are yet to be announced.

Israel and Ukraine sign aviation agreement

Israel and the Ukraine have signed an aviation agreement which will allow more airlines to fly between the two countries.  Each country will now be allowed to run two scheduled airlines between the countries, with three airlines allowed to fly to Kiev.


This could see the number of flights between Israel and the Ukraine increasing from 21 flights a week to 48 flights.