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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.
"This is the historic flight, I think, in (my) 46 years - very, very emotional," she told Reuters, referring to her long career with the airline. "It's a good opportunity to open up other countries to make peace with us."