Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved an agreement allowing EU flights, hours after the country's airlines went on strike concerns, the agreement will take their work, and may even ruin their companies.
The approval of the "open skies" the possibility of a longer, wider range of Israel's major trade unions to strike. At present, hundreds of people scheduled to Israel's three major carriers, El Al, Arkia Israir, have been stranded.
Late Sunday, the Israeli airline El - aluminum strike expanded to include all flights. The powerful trade union Histadrut said it would shut down the entire Ben - Gurion International Airport Tuesday in solidarity with Israel Airlines.
Hundreds of union workers protested outside the Cabinet overwhelmingly approved the agreement, which allows more carriers for the Israeli market.
The reform of the "open skies" is good for Israel, which will lead to lower prices and increased competition, it will not damage the workplace, in the market, rather than the reverse, "Israeli Finance Minister 雅尔拉比德 said.
He said the deal will not be implemented until April 2014.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the deal. "Today we approved the objectives of the reform is to reduce the price of flights and Israel, and increased foreign travel," he said.
Tourism is an important industry in Israel each year more than 3.5 million visitors.
Critics warned that Israel's small fleet of aircraft, and has a higher security costs, it would undermine it with greater international airline competition.
Ofer Eini, the head of the Histadrut, told Israel Radio said he was in favor of open skies, but the deal needs to be amended to ensure that local employment opportunities. He said arrangements may lead to the collapse of the local airlines, warned that thousands of jobs at risk.
Sunday's strike did not affect the international airline flights, Eini downtime may be extended. He did not elaborate, but the union strike, airport staff or security personnel, for example, you can put the entire airport to a standstill.
Said a spokeswoman for Israel's national airline, El Al Flight 22 Sunday, 14 were put forward before the start of the strike and 8 was canceled. She said that the strike affecting hundreds of passengers.
The travelers option to transfer to other flights or get their money back, she said. She asked to remain anonymous, in line with the company's policy.
Some tourists stranded at the airport, they alternate flight, but they are faced with long delays.
"There are hundreds of people can not get out, Darius Schwartz said," This is a bit upset, a native New Yorker now living in Jerusalem near the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh,. "I am a loyal customer of Ira, I will continue to Fei Aila, but we have no reason to go on strike just because ratify a treaty, balanced competition," Schwartz said.
Israir Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat, domestic flights, buses. The flight lasted an hour and a half, but the bus trip takes about four hours.
"Open skies" agreement, in order to reduce the restrictions on European operators, the use of Israeli airspace, increasingly fierce competition. This will expand the number of flights between Israel and Europe, and to allow Israel to become a layover hub. Now is the last stop.
Hundreds of union members demonstrating outside the cabinet meeting, despite the unseasonably rainy weather. Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said, the officers arrested eight protesters "causing public disorder."
Arieh already Katz, a long-term Ira workers at the rally said, "they are finishing off the pain is enormous, irresponsible people running the government in the end, we will have to pay a consideration."
 
 



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