El Al Airlines to operate its first Israel-Morocco flight on December 22

El Al Israel Airlines announced on Sunday that it will operate its first direct flight to Morocco on Tuesday, December 22. According to Reuters, this first flight will carry a joint US-Israeli delegation.

«The direct flight, LY555, is expected to take six hours and follows a U.S.-brokered deal earlier this month in which the countries agreed to normalize relations», it explained.

For the record, an Israeli delegation is expected to visit Morocco on Tuesday, accompanying the senior advisor to the President of the United States Jared Kushner. According to Reuters Meir Ben-Shabbat, head of Israeli national security, will be part of this delegation.