Israel has added a 21st runway to Ben Gurion International Airport, just in time for the summer tourism season.

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz called the project, “an additional stage in the implementation of the Open Skies policy, allowing more competition between airlines that will result in lower prices for airfares.”

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The first plane to hit the tarmac was that of an El Al flight arriving in Lod from Rhodes.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.