The Ministry of Defence confirmed that an RAF flight carried passengers from Israel to Cyprus last night.
An RAF flight left Israel on Friday night, as part of a UK Government effort to get British nationals out of the country amid the escalating conflict in the region.It is understood that the air force is assisting the Foreign Office due to the current limited availability of commercial flights.
It comes as the UK Government had failed to organise repatriation flights from Israel due to problems obtaining insurance, an aviation source told the PA news agency. Other options include scheduled services to Heathrow and Luton airports by Israeli airline El Al and a repatriation flight to Heathrow for Australian nationals organised by the country’s government and operated by Qantas.Several airlines have suspended their flights between Israel and the UK, including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and Wizz Air.
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