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A plane branded with the logo of national Egyptian carrier Egyptair landed in Israel for the first time on Sunday. Egypt was the first Arab nation to establish ties with Israel in a 1979 deal, and direct flights between the countries followed that accord. But the Egyptian flights to Israel had previously been operated by an Egyptair subsidiary, Air Sinai, set up exclusively for the Israel route, creating a buffer between Egyptair and Tel Aviv. But Egyptair will now run four flights per week into Israel under its own banner, IAA spokesman Ofer Lefler told AFP. The move comes after a visit to Eg…