This flight marks a thawing of relations between the Jewish and Islamic states.
The flight number El Al 971 is a reference to the UAE's international dialling code, and the return flight, set to leave Abu Dhabi on Tuesday morning, is El Al 972, matching Israel's dialling code.
The unprecedented flight also passed through Saudi airspace, according to data from the specialist website FlightRadar24, and marked the most concrete sign yet that Israel's thaw with major Arab powers is taking hold.Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat, who was also on the flight to the UAE, said"our goal is to achieve a joint working plan to advance relations in a very broad range of areas".
The visit will also include a trilateral meeting between Mr Kushner, Mr Ben-Shabbat and UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed. U.S. Senior adviser Jared Kushner, U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat,Since the agreement between the UAE and Israel was unveiled, there have been phone calls between their ministers, and on Saturday the Emirates in a new milestone repealed a 1972 law boycotting Israel.
Noting the UAE's Saturday move, Mr Netanyahu said it"opens the door" for"unbridled trade, tourism, investments, exchanges between the Middle East's two most advanced economies".
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