El Al requested permission from Saudia Arabia to use its airspace for its historic first commercial flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, Ynet reported. Israel’s National Security Council conveyed the request on behalf of El Al, the report said. Saudia Arabia has yet to respond to the request. The Israel Airports Authority’s website listed the flight on Friday as Flight LY971, a nod to the UAE’s international calling code number. A return flight to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Tuesday will be numbered LY972, Israel’s international calling code. The first official flight between #Israel and the UAE is officially listed on the Ben Gurion Airport website! FYI: the flight from Israel is flight number 971 (