Gulf Air, Bahrain's flag carrier will launch direct flights for the first time with Israel's Tel Aviv on September 30, the carrier said in a Twitter post on Thursday.
Israel named its first ambassador to Bahrain earlier this month, after normalising relations with the Gulf Arab state a year ago, an Israeli government Arabic-language Twitter account said on Thursday.
Gulf Air said that it will start with two flights a week to its newest destination, adding that the new line to Tel Aviv comes as part of the political, commercial and civil aviation agreements signed with Israel.