Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will resume service to Israel this fall, restarting service from Copenhagen to Tel Aviv for the first time in more than nine years, the national airline of Denmark, Norway and Sweden announced on Thursday.

The move highlights the resurgence of the Israeli aviation sector and the reemergence of Ben-Gurion International Airport as a travel hub at a time when an ever-increasing number of foreign carriers have resumed flights to Israel.

SAS will offer thrice weekly flights to Tel Aviv from the Danish capital starting on Oct. 26.

“This is a bold step and shrewd business decision which proves once more that economic reasoning trumps political reasoning when it comes to the tourism industry,” Mark Feldman, CEO of Jerusalem’s Ziontours, told JNS on Friday. “SAS wil

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