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Last update - 19:34 30/04/2009
British airline apologizes for deleting Israel from map
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: israel news, airline, BMI

British airline BMI apologized Thursday for deleting Israel from an electronic map that appears on its flights.

Army Radio reported earlier that BMI's London-Tel Aviv flights, Israel and most of its cities weren't marked in order to avoid angering Muslim passengers. Only Haifa was identified - by its Arab name, Khefa.

In its apology, BMI said the plane bearing the map was acquired from a now-defunct airline that flew to several Arab countries in the Middle East, and the map highlighted locations including the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
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BMI says the airline asked for the map to be removed once it took over the planes, but there had been a technical mistake.

The airline will provide new maps and BMI will use different aircraft in the meantime for its twice-daily flights to Israel.

BMI also said it was making every effort not to hurt passengers' feelings by adopting a nonpolitical position.

BMI operates flights from England to many popular Muslim destinations, including Syria, Lebanon and Iran, but has also recently launched an agreement with the Tourism Ministry to add Israel to its roster.
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  1.   to BMI 17:02  |  Harry 01/11/09
  2.   And we expect peace with the Arabs? 17:02  |  Jewish State 01/11/09
  3.   BMI should therefore wipe off all 54 Muslim countries 17:02  |  Hastaroth 01/11/09
  4.   Smart Marketing! As a Christian I suffer from being 17:02  |  Monitor 01/11/09
  5.   BMI Farse 17:02  |  Stuart 01/11/09
  6.   :-) business is business 17:02  |  Roland 01/11/09
  7.   Very political position. Why do they fly to TA? 17:02  |  17 01/11/09
  8.   British coward ness 17:02  |  Watcher 01/11/09
  9.   Real Attitudes Towards Peace and Israel 17:02  |  Robert 01/11/09
  10.   Remind anyone of anything? 17:02  |  Murray 01/11/09
  11.   no plans to ever fly on that airline 17:02  |  danny 01/11/09
  12.   BMI 17:02  |  Linda 01/11/09
  13.   BMI 17:02  |  Joe Kelsall 01/11/09
  14.   Murray # 7 green line = armistice line , NO border 17:02  |  Charles 01/11/09
  15.   Boycott BMI with your wallets its the only way 17:02  |  Dale 01/11/09
  16.   If there is no Palestine, there is no Israel 17:02  |  Egalitarian 01/11/09
  17.   welcome racism! 17:02  |  saul a. readner 01/11/09
  18.   Ahmedinijad 17:02  |  Amir 01/11/09
  19.   Must be UK Politician`s Brains isn`t functioning properly..... 17:02  |  The Archives 01/11/09
  20.   Monitor:LOL 17:02  |  Arie 01/11/09
  21.   Disgusting - boycott BMI 17:02  |  Nicole 01/11/09
  22.   people who choose to ignore history 17:02  |  Abu Firas Alqudsi 01/11/09
  23.   to: Egalitarian @# 21, asymmetric recognition 17:02  |  Akiva P 01/11/09
  24.   BMI to Israel 17:02  |  Ros 01/11/09
  25.   You wonderful talkbackers 17:02  |  Murray 01/11/09
  26.   Let`s perpetuate the parallel world reality 17:02  |  Max 01/11/09
  27.   #17 - Joe 17:02  |  RF 01/11/09
  28.   17:"Why do they fly to TA?" 17:02  |  Arie 01/11/09
  29.   BMI Cowards 17:02  |  Max 01/11/09
  30.   BMI gaffe 17:02  |  Raphael Gee 01/11/09
  31.   Wiping off Israel`s name from from maps. 17:02  |  Democratos 01/11/09
  32.   # 2 Harry, Even better all travel agents should delete BMI from 17:02  |  Israel Observer 01/11/09
  33.   #27- Your the one with the amnesia 17:02  |  Yehudah 01/11/09
  34.   #13 Robert, Not just a map offends Moslems. Hoe about 17:02  |  Israeli observer 01/11/09
  35.   murky-minded Murray of Milan 17:02  |  Akiva P 01/11/09
  36.   #21 Egalitarian, Good point. So there is no Palestine!!! 17:02  |  Proud Israeli 01/11/09
  37.   Israel should cancell all there flights to Israel. 17:02  |  Ben 01/11/09
  38.   wasnt it the brits that gave you ARAB land in the first placE?!?! 17:02  |  ramin 01/11/09
  39.   Enough Talk!!! Boycott BMI ! ! ! 17:02  |  Mark 01/11/09
  40.   do not generalize things.. 17:02  |  circassian 01/11/09
  41.   wake up and grow up 17:02  |  jd 01/11/09
  42.   Abu Firas Alqudsi - history is not your strength 17:02  |  Arnold 01/11/09
  43.   Israel Observer @# 37 on demograghics ! 17:02  |  Akiva P 01/11/09
  44.   BMI Adjusting the World? 17:02  |  Joan 01/11/09
  45.   Silly 17:02  |  Loulou 01/11/09
  46.   This is nothing. London`s Xmas celebrations cancelled before 17:02  |  Dan 01/11/09
  47.   #5. 1,000,000 Jews fled the Arab countries. 17:02  |  Liliane 01/11/09
  48.   #27 Israel was created 3,000 years ago. 17:02  |  Laila 01/11/09
  49.   This is how it happens,First the BBI airline deletes Israel & 17:02  |  ks 01/11/09
  50.   @55 laila 17:02  |  had enough 01/11/09
  51.   Surrending to Muslims 17:02  |  Frank 01/11/09
  52.   #Monitor 17:02  |  Sarah 01/11/09
  53.   BMI is anti-semitic 17:02  |  Idan Dotan 01/11/09
  54.   #27 17:02  |  Sixpoint77 01/11/09
  55.   #53 Dan 17:02  |  Sarah 01/11/09
  56.   Worse for Britain than for Israel 17:02  |  dave 01/11/09
  57.   all that jazz 17:02  |  Eddie Harris 01/11/09
  58.   BMI told stewardess to wear Muslim robe 17:02  |  jim 01/11/09
  59.   How long, do you suppose...... 17:02  |  Jasper 01/11/09
  60.   Sixpoint 77 17:02  |  Arie 01/11/09
  61.   Thank u Arie/Sarah and those of u who are fed up with people 17:02  |  ks 01/11/09
  62.   Do US airlines put Israel on their maps flying to Arab countries? 17:02  |  Michael 01/11/09
  63.   Does El Al mark out 17:02  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
  64.   Most foreigners do it for the money! 17:02  |  Palestinian Brit 01/11/09
  65.   To circassian 17:02  |  ZISD 01/11/09
  66.   So what? 17:02  |  Palestinian Brit 01/11/09
  67.   Oh no, it`s Zionist hysteria time again. 17:02  |  Michael 01/11/09
  68.   Arnold - wishful thinking... 17:02  |  Palestinian Brit 01/11/09
  69.   good 17:02  |  oz 01/11/09
  70.   what a headline eh? 17:02  |  Welshman 01/11/09
  71.   The unnaceptable face of Capitalism 17:02  |  Troy 01/11/09
  72.   Muslims are easily offended 17:02  |  Boris 01/11/09
  73.   Has anyone seen this map? see #25 17:02  |  Troy 01/11/09
  74.   # 68 17:02  |  BAR KOCHVA 01/11/09
  75.   To ZISD 17:02  |  Welshman 01/11/09
  76.   # 16 17:02  |  oz 01/11/09
  77.   The British have mastered the art of appeasement. 17:02  |  4:20 01/11/09
  78.   Welshman, no mistake !."... the funny side of it." 17:02  |  Akiva P 01/11/09
  79.   They probably assumed that the "right-wingers" would govern..... 17:02  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/11/09
  80.   # 68 17:02  |  ehud 01/11/09
  81.   "Only Haifa was identified - by its Arab name, Khefa." 17:02  |  Jew- and Bookburner 01/11/09
  82.   KS.............. RUBBISH 17:02  |  Had enough 01/11/09
  83.   And off to our right 17:02  |  Mark Lincoln 01/11/09
  84.   lol 17:02  |  Arab 01/11/09
  85.   MURRAY IN MILAN: PLEASE!!! 17:02  |  Brant 01/11/09
  86.   FOR SWISS DINO 17:02  |  Brant 01/11/09
  87.   OFF THE LIST 17:02  |  Reuven 01/11/09
  88.   # 86 Brant, you are absolutely correct...... 17:02  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/11/09
  89.   Hey #4, what about the cannibals? 17:02  |  Shaul 01/11/09
  90.   82-You could show maps drawn up during the Ottoman empires occup 17:02  |  ks 01/11/09
  91.   Palestinian Brit 17:02  |  ZISD 01/11/09
  92.   At least they apologized... 17:02  |  MarkC 01/11/09
  93.   boycote them 17:02  |  george whyte 01/11/09
  94.   Hogwash, it just a simple case of Israel hatred, forgot to hide 17:02  |  Mark C 01/11/09
  95.   Foretaste of things to come if Saudi Plan is spurned 17:02  |  Ivar 01/11/09
  96.   British BMI faster than Iran`s Ahmadenijehad at erasing Israel 17:02  |  from the world map 01/11/09
  97.   That`s market economy 17:02  |  christoph 01/11/09
  98.   Places and names of places have changed, too, Mr. Al-Quds 17:02  |  Zev Davis 01/11/09
  99.   Dino, you are worrisome 17:02  |  Linichka 01/11/09
  100.   shame on bmi, which lost so many passengers to day 17:02  |  mister bean 01/11/09
  101.   Unless and until Israel "reapears" on the map, I am not going to 17:02  |  Barrie 01/11/09
  102.   #88..Swiss (Dino) 17:02  |  Malone 01/11/09
  103.   What a fuss about nothing! 17:02  |  Silvienne 01/11/09
  104.   #10, Murray of Milan, excellent point! 17:02  |  Silvienne 01/11/09
  105.   DINO AND QUOTING HIMSELF 17:02  |  Brant 01/11/09
  106.   ks 17:02  |  PCR 01/11/09
  107.   #105, Brant...!! 17:02  |  Silvienne 01/11/09
  108.   ks 17:02  |  Linichka 01/11/09
  109.   PCR # 106 Not In A Sovereignty Sense 17:01  |  Jeff Northridge 01/11/09
  110.   The British deleting Israel from a map? 17:01  |  Nezam el Jenini 01/11/09
  111.   Storm in a teacup ... 17:01  |  Golodh 01/11/09
  112.   Israel rules 17:01  |  Buddy Winston 01/11/09
  113.   Israel has offered the Palis their own state 17:01  |  buddy winston 01/11/09
  114.   #16 No Israel, No Palestine 17:01  |  set the facts straig 01/11/09
  115.   Hilarious when people say "read your history".... 17:01  |  Aaron 01/11/09
  116.   PCR`s hoary thinking 17:01  |  dovvod 01/11/09
  117.   Silvienne`s nonsense 17:01  |  dovvod 01/11/09
  118.   Whooa.... 17:01  |  Fred 01/11/09
  119.   Whooa.... 17:01  |  Fred 01/11/09
  120.   Some may wish... 17:01  |  Maureen Ann 01/11/09
  121.   British airline apologizes for deleting Israel from map 17:01  |  Wayne 01/11/09
  122.   Looks familiar 17:01  |  Bruce 01/11/09
  123.   Silvienne #103 The real questions are... 17:01  |  ZISD 01/11/09
  124.   Nezam el Jenini 17:01  |  ZISD 01/11/09
  125.   Ahmedinejad nearly got his wish 17:01  |  Conroy 01/11/09
  126.   #122, No ZISD, the real question is.... 17:01  |  Silvienne 01/11/09
  127.   #22 -Abu Firus Ignaramus 17:01  |  Magpie 01/11/09
  128.   Dawod 17:01  |  PCR 01/11/09
  129.   #127, PCR.... 17:01  |  Silvienne 01/11/09
  130.   Have You Notice? 17:01  |  Rahab 01/11/09
  131.   APPEASEMENT 17:01  |  BlackbootJack 01/11/09
  132.   Maybe Some History Will Help 17:01  |  Dionysis 01/11/09
  133.   Not pork?? 17:01  |  MS 01/11/09
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