British airline apologizes for deleting Israel from map

Haaretz
April 30, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1654/british-airline-apologizes-for-deleting-israel

Excerpt:

British airline BMI apologized Thursday for deleting Israel from an electronic map that appears on its flights.

Army Radio reported earlier that BMI's London-Tel Aviv flights, Israel and most of its cities weren't marked in order to avoid angering Muslim passengers. Only Haifa was identified - by its Arab name, Khefa.

In its apology, BMI said the plane bearing the map was acquired from a now-defunct airline that flew to several Arab countries in the Middle East, and the map highlighted locations including the Muslim holy city of Mecca.

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