Due to the country-wide anti-government protesters in Egypt, Air Sinai, stopped flying to Israel for the foreseeable future

Giovanni Bisignani called on Israel to speed up its exit from Category 2 of the US Federal Aviation Administration's International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA)

The reason for the change in status is flight safety problems and oversight issues that have not yet been solved

Bisignani argued that the decision should be postponed until IAA carries out full consultation with ICAO, IATA and with the 40 airlines using Israel's airspace

Arkia - Israeli Airlines Ltd ( IATA / ICAO Code IZ / AIZ ) will begin scheduled flights to Barcelona in early July 2008

The arrivals lounge had been expanded and the departures lounge had been refurbished. An additional parking strip, costing over NIS 2 million had neen laid