TEL AVIV, Israel, July 23 (UPI) -- In response to a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration decision to ban American carriers from flying to or from Israel's Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport, the Israeli government said it would reopen another airport in the country's south.
Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz announced that Ovda Airport in the southern town of Eilat, near the Egyptian border, would be reopened at 12:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday.