A ranar 28 ga Maris, kamfanin jiragen sama na Al ya shigar da kara a kan gwamnatinsa ta Isra'ila kuma ba ta da sha'awar yadda gwamnati ke canza manufofinta don jawo hankalin Air India don fara ayyukan kwanan nan a kan hanyarsa ta Tel Aviv - Delhi.
A wani yunkuri na tarihi da ba a taba yin irinsa ba, a ranar 22 ga Maris, 2018, jirgin Air India na AI 139 ya fara tashi a wannan hanya, inda ya taso daga Tel Aviv na kasar Isra'ila, zuwa New Delhi na kasar Indiya, da karfe 2:30 na rana, ya taso a kan Saudiyya da Oman. . Kasashen biyu dai ba su da huldar diflomasiya da Isra'ila. Kamfanin jirgin ya sami izini na musamman don yawo a sararin samaniyar Saudiyya.
Shekaru 70 da suka gabata, Saudiyya ba ta kulla huldar diflomasiyya da Isra'ila ba, kuma ta haramta amfani da sararin samaniyarta ga dukkan jiragen da za su nufi Isra'ila, wanda hakan ke nufin tilas ne a bi ta wata hanya ta daban. Wannan ya ƙaru lokacin tashi da sa'o'i biyu, wanda ya haifar da ƙarin farashin mai da farashin tikiti.
A wani mataki na ba-zata, gwamnatin Saudiyya ta yi watsi da rashin amincewarta da wannan jirgi na Air India, duk da cewa babu irin wannan kayan aiki na El Al. Wannan wata alama ce ta sauya daidaito tsakanin abokan gaba na gargajiya, Isra'ila da Saudi Arabiya, mai yuwuwa su tinkarar bullowar yanayin siyasa na mamayar Iran.
El Al ya yi iƙirarin cewa wannan yana da matukar lahani yayin da yake ba da fa'idar tallan da ba ta dace ba ga Air India, don haka, yana son yanayi iri ɗaya ya kasance ga kamfanin jirgin. Gwamnatin Isra'ila ta kuma ba da tallafin kuɗi na Yuro 750,000 na lokaci ɗaya ga Air India don yin aiki sau uku a mako-mako akan wannan hanyar.
Shugaban El Al kuma babban darakta, Gonen Usishkin, tare da shugaban Eli Defes, sun fada a wani taron manema labarai cewa barin wannan hanyar ta shawagi a sararin samaniyar Saudiyya, wanda ba ya baiwa El Al Airlines hakki iri daya, ya saba wa alkawarin da ta dauka ga kamfanin dillalan kasar Isra'ila. Duk da cewa Saudiyya ta ba da izinin yin hanyar, El Al yana neman kotun Isra'ila da ta hana Air India daukar mafi guntun hanya sai dai idan jirgin Isra'ila ya sami irin wannan izini.
