Turkey and Israel will expand bilateral airline traffic for the first time since 1951 under a new aviation deal which will be signed on Thursday, Israel’s transportation ministry has announced. The deal will allow Israeli airlines to fly to more destinations in Turkey and follows warming ties years of ruptured relations between the two countries. “The agreement is expected to result in the resumption of flights by Israeli companies to a variety of destinations in Turkey, alongside flights by Turkish companies to Israel,” the Israeli ministry said in a statement. Turkey and Israel took steps ea…