Hedva Opatovsky, the longest-serving flight attendant for El Al, the Israeli flag carrier, closes an overhead compartment onboard the return trip to Abu Dhabi which was her last flight before retiring, upon the plane's landing at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel September 1, 2020. Picture taken September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Nir Elias/Pool
BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel (Reuters) - Hedva Opatovsky's first flight to the United Arab Emirates was her last for El Al, the Israeli flag carrier whose routes she has plied through almost a half-century of wars and peacemaking.
The airline's longest-serving flight attendant retired on Wednesday after leading the cabin crew on a groundbreaking return trip to Abu Dhabi with Israeli envoys who hammered out a deal normalising relations with the Gulf power.
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