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Last update - 18:19 08/01/2008 Domestic flights expected to continue operating on Shabbat, holidays By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: IAF, Israir, Arkia, Israel Domestic flights are expected to continue operating as usual, despite earlier plans to halt the traffic on Shabbat and holidays starting in February. The airport closures were expected to affect the Sde Dov airport in northern Tel Aviv, and the Haifa airport. Haaretz has learned, however, that Israel Airports Authority Deputy Director Shmuel Kandel met Tuesday with senior Israel Air Force officers in order to keep the airports operating on Shabbat and holidays. Advertisement Both military airports, Sde Dov and Haifa airport also serve domestic civil aviation routes. The chief IAF rabbi is behind the planned closures, refusing to allow military air traffic controllers to direct civilian traffic on Shabbat and holidays. Should the closures be implemented, they would affect passengers on Israir and Arkia's domestic flights, as well as private planes and recreational aviation, which takes place primarily on weekends. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Finkelstein in Lebanon A vocal U.S. critic of Israel met Monday with a senior Hezbollah official. Holocaustland 2007 sees record number of visitors at Auschwitz extermination camp.   1.   Domestic Flights . NOT A JOKE. 18:45  |  Noam 08/01/08   2.   to Noam 19:31  |  leon 08/01/08   3.   to Leon 20:38  |  Noam 08/01/08

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