JERUSALEM, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli state-run company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Thursday that it has signed a maintenance agreement with Bahrain's state-owned flag airline Gulf Air.
The deal was inked at a ceremony in Israel, attended by Gulf Air's acting CEO Waleed Abdulhameed Al Alawi and IAI Aviation Group's General Manager Yosef Melamed, during a visit by a delegation from Bahrain.
This came after Israel and Bahrain agreed to fully normalize their relations in mid-September.
Under the contract, the IAI Aviation Group will provide comprehensive technical response to all of Gulf Air's airplanes expected to land at the Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv.
This includes post-and pre-flight services, daily maintenance, and technical support.
The IAI Aviation Group was founded in January 2019 to consolidate the company's crewed aircraft operations, civilian and military, under one roof.
It provides line maintenance services to some 75 percent of the airlines that arrive at the Ben Gurion Airport.
Established in 1953, the IAI is considered a global leader in the supply of technologies and systems in the domains of land, air, sea, outer space and cyber. Enditem
