German, Israeli Civil Aviation Authorities had talks on more daily flights

The current talks between the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt and the Civil Aviation Authority follow talks held in February 2006 in Germany
 
A delegation from Germany’s Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (Civil Aviation Authority) began talks last week with the Israel Civil Aviation Authority in order to increase the number of passengers flights between the two countries.
 
The current talks between the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt and the Civil Aviation Authority follow talks held in February 2006 in Germany.
 
As a result of earlier talks, Lufthansa was allowed to increase seats on its Tel Aviv-Frankfurt route by 20%.
 
By the end of last week it was made known that Israel's Civil Aviation Authority refused the request by the Germans to add seven weekly flights on German-Israel routes
The refusal, according to an Israeli aviation expert, was based on the fear that these new flights were not intended to bring tourists to Israel but serve to attract more Israeli  passengers to the company's follow-on flights to North American destinations.
 
At  present, El Al makes 18 weekly flights; Lufthansa 14; and Hapag-Lloyd Flug GmbH four, 3 to Munich and 1 to Dusseldorf.