JERUSALEM(JPS) -- Israel and Jordan put a high profile on an agreement signed Sunday to land a trial run of Israeli planes at Aq
The memorandum, whose signing was delayed over disagreements about how to handle security for Israeli passengers, was signed by
Israeli security guards will escort the buses to and from Israel, while joint Israeli-Jordanian teams will handle security in Aqaba.
Currently the flights will be handled by Arkia and El Al Airlines from Tel Aviv's Sde Dov Airport or Ben-Gurion Airport, but not from Jerusalem's Atarot Airport, which Jordan doesn't recognize.
Transport ministry officials said the flights would begin with a few each week and would gradually increase in number over a four-month trial period.
If the project succeeds, Israel will build a terminal on its side of the border, next to the Aqaba landing field.
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