http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/875465.html
Prospects abound for new U.K., domestic flights
British Midland Airways (BMI) is ready to become the second discount carrier to fly between the U.K. and Israel. TheMarker learned yesterday that Transportation Ministry Director General Gideon Siterman discussed the idea with the airline's heads at the Paris Air Show. Thomsonfly was the first carrier to receive approval earlier this month. BMI is the U.K.'s second-largest carrier after British Airways, with a 12 percent market share of flights in and out of Heathrow Airport in London. Israeli and U.K. officials met in February to discuss expanding the number of carriers between the two countries beyond El Al and British Airways as part of Israel's new open skies policy.