"Boeing 757-200 after 25 years of service. The last Boeing 767-200ER in the fleet was retired on September 22, 2013 while the last Boeing 737-700 was phased out on May 10, 2016. El Al began to retire its 747-400 fleet in June 2017. El Al's historic, superseded livery featured a turquoise/navy blue stripe down the side of the aircraft, and a turquoise tailfin with the flag of Israel at the top. El Al's logo was featured above the front run of windows on each side of the plane in the turquoise/navy scheme. The new livery features a blue stripe with"
"time. Operations resumed in January 1983 under receivership. The government purchased two new Boeing 737 aircraft and announced plans to acquire four Boeing 767 jets at the cost of $200 million. Within four years, El Al was profitable again. It broke another record, since then surpassed, in May 1988 with a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv, a journey of in 13 hours and 41 minutes. Later on, flights to Poland and Yugoslavia were started in 1989. In January 1990, North American Airlines began providing feeder services to El Al's US destinations. El Al held a 24.9 percent"
"weekly flight from Tel Aviv to New Delhi using Saudi Arabian airspace. If Saudi Arabia does not allow El Al to use their airspace, El Al might lose a large share of their Asian market due to other airlines having shorter and cheaper flights. However, the recent contacts between Israeli and Saudi officials may change the Saudi position. It also offers services to Johannesburg in South Africa and Zanzibar. El Al codeshares with the following airlines: As of October 2018, El Al has an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft: On November 26, 2012, El Al retired its last"
"is the production and supply of kosher ready meals to airlines and other institutions. Superstar (a company fully owned by El Al) is a tourist wholesaler that markets tourist package deals to travel agents and passengers, and sells airline tickets at discounted prices for flights on the Company's routes. As a prime target for terrorism, El Al employs stringent security procedures, both on the ground and on board its aircraft. These effective, though time-consuming and discriminatory procedures have won El Al's security reputation. In 2008, the airline was named by ""Global Traveler"" magazine as the world's most secure airline. El"
"El Al and its deputy director from 1949 until 1960. As director of operations of the national airline, he was also on board the Bristol Britannia turboprop plane which made the first El Al non-stop flight between the United States and Israel in December 1957. Subsequently, he was Israel's director of civil aviation until 1964, when he was appointed ambassador to Tanzania. On the termination of his posting in 1966, Palgi joined the board of the Histadrut Sick Fund, where he was active until 1978. Yoel Palgi Yoel Palgi (; born Emil Nussbacher 19181978) was a Palmach parachutist who was"
"Inbar.” El Al serves destinations on four continents in 31 countries with a well-developed European network that also takes in important cities in Russia. The airline serves a number of gateway cities in North America and has expanded its service to cover central and southeast Asia (Bangkok, Mumbai) and the Far East (Beijing and Hong Kong). However, El Al's inability to overfly Saudi Arabian airspace, along with that of several other Arab and Muslim countries, has reduced their ability to further expand their route network in Asia. Saudi Arabia has recently granted permission to Air India to fly a thrice"
"may be questioned by passport control depending on country of origin, or countries visited prior to arrival in Israel. Passengers who have recently visited countries at war with Israel (all Arab countries except Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Mauritania and Qatar) will be subject to further questioning. The airport's busiest year so far was 2017, with 20.7 million passengers passing through the airport. The ten busiest airlines on international routes were: El Al (5.6 million passengers), Turkish Airlines (1 million), Aeroflot (804,832), EasyJet (799,380), Israir (729,387), Wizz Air (699,846), Arkia (660,095), Ukraine International Airlines (606,631), Pegasus Airlines (572,061), Lufthansa (561,454) and United"
"stake in the airline until selling it back to Dan McKinnon in July 2003. By this time, El Al was operating a fleet of 20 aircraft, including nine Boeing 747s, and had begun replacing its aging Boeing 707s with the Boeing 757. Early that year, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, El Al inaugurated regular flights to Moscow. No airlifts from the former Soviet Union were possible at the time but permission was granted in 1991. Charter flights commenced in August 1991, with immigrants also occupying all available seats on El Al's scheduled routes. In cooperation with Aeroflot, El"
"in intra-US travel. El Al held a 24.9% stake in the airline until it sold it back to McKinnon in July 2003. The airline was acquired by World Air Holdings in April 2005. It began by flying charter flights on Boeing 757 aircraft. The company grew during the 1990s, adding flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico, various spots in Mexico and other destinations. North American also started a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to JFK to complement El Al's existing Tel Aviv-JFK-LAX run and provide the Israeli airline with more passengers. North American also opened operations in Newark,"
"airline in keeping with Jewish tradition has been a source of friction; when the Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion was forming his first coalition, the religious parties would not join unless Ben-Gurion promised that El Al would serve only kosher food on its flights and would not fly on the Jewish Sabbath. In 1950–1951 El Al expanded its activities in Europe and added new destinations such as Vienna and Istanbul, Athens and Nicosia. On July 31 of 1950 the company celebrated first anniversary of its regular flights program. The airline was involved in several covert operations: In the early 1950s,"
"Africa. There was anti-apartheid sentiment among the Jewish communities of both South Africa and Israel. However, on the Israeli side, many saw it necessary to cooperate with any country willing to be friendly with Israel and support its existence. For the South African government, there was a desire to expand its network of friendships. South African Airways began operating flights between Johannesburg and Tel Aviv, but as it was banned from using the airspace of most African countries, it had to take a detour around West Africa, doubling the distance and flying time involved. However, El Al, the Israeli national"
"the second door will only be opened after the first has closed and the person has been identified by the captain or first officer. Furthermore, there are reinforced steel floors separating the passenger cabin from the baggage hold. In April 2013, the Israeli government increased payments to El Al to secure 97.5% of the airlines' security costs, ahead of the Open Skies agreement to take effect in 2014 with the European Union. The airline was criticized by Hungarian courts for refusing to search luggage with the passenger present, acting against Hungarian domestic laws stipulating that only authorized officials are able"
"2007, El Al opened a new King David Lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. New lounges at Heathrow airport in London and JFK International airport in New York had also opened in late 2007. In 2007, El Al invested NIS 1 billion in the purchase of two new Boeing 777-200s that included an updated El Al decal. The aircraft are fitted with upgraded seats with adjustable headrests and legrests. Each seat is equipped with a touch-screen entertainment system. The first aircraft, named ""Sderot"", completed its maiden flight from New York to Tel Aviv on 26 July 2007. The"
"Up (airline) Up (styled as UP by EL AL) was a low-cost airline brand of Israeli El Al. El Al announced in January 2018 that UP will cease operations in October 2018 to be remerged into El Al. On 26 November 2013, El Al unveiled its new low-cost airline ""Up"", which commenced operations on 30 March 2014, initially to Berlin, Budapest, Kiev, Larnaca and Prague using five Boeing 737-800s transferred from the El Al mainline fleet. Up was founded by its parent El Al to be used on some routes to Europe where it replaced El Al itself. All flights"
"company. Despite this, Ethiopian Airlines has a good safety reputation, in contrast to other African airlines. Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines ( in short), formerly ""Ethiopian Air Lines"" (EAL) and often referred to as simply ""Ethiopian"", is Ethiopia's flag carrier and is wholly owned by the country's government. EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and commenced operations on 8 April 1946, expanding to international flights in 1951. The firm became a share company in 1965 and changed its name from ""Ethiopian Air Lines"" to ""Ethiopian Airlines"". The airline has been a member of the International Air Transport Association since 1959"
"its Boeing 767-300ER to El Al. As of June 2016, all of Privilege Style's aircraft were operating for El Al, except the 767 which currently operates for Condor Flugdienst. In 2018 the 777 operated daily for Norwegian on the Rome Fiumicino-New York JFK route, due to major technical issues affecting the Norwegian’s 787 fleet. As of March 2018, Privilege Style's fleet consists of the following aircraft: Privilege Style Privilege Style is a Spanish charter airline headquartered in Palma de Mallorca and based at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport. Privilege Style operates charter flights on behalf of other airlines, tour operators, sports"
"to Portuguese euroAtlantic Airways for a leasing contract in 2008. Also in May 2015, El Al confirmed to be in talks to merge its subsidiary Sun D'Or into Israir Airlines. While Sun D'Or would be dissolved, El Al would gain shares in Israir instead. The Israir fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2018): Israir Airlines Israir Airlines Ltd. (), usually referred to as Israir, is an Israeli airline headquartered in Tel Aviv. It operates domestic scheduled and air taxi flights from Sde Dov Airport, Ben Gurion International Airport, and Eilat Airport, as well as international charter services"
"El Al's success continued into the late 1960s. In 1968, regular flights to Bucharest were inaugurated, and cargo flights began to Europe and the United States. The airline also established a catering subsidiary, Teshet Tourism and Aviation Services Ltd. All these ventures brought in a profit of $2 million that year. In 1968, El Al experienced the first of many acts of terrorism that have been perpetrated against the airline. On 23 July, the only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft took place, when a Boeing 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers was taken over by three members"
"sometimes hand searched. In addition, bags are put through a decompression chamber simulating pressures during flight that could trigger explosives. Even at overseas airports, El Al security agents conduct all luggage searches personally, even if they are supervised by government or private security firms. Undercover agents (sometimes referred to as sky marshals) carrying concealed firearms sit among the passengers on every international El Al flight. Most El Al pilots are former Israeli Air Force pilots. The cockpits in all El Al aircraft have double doors to prevent entry by unauthorized persons. A code is required to access the doors, and"
"El Al Flight 1862 On 4 October 1992, El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft of the state-owned Israeli airline El Al, crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially ""Bijlmer"") neighbourhood (part of ""Amsterdam-Zuidoost"") of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From the location in the Bijlmermeer, the crash is known in Dutch as the (Bijlmer disaster). A total of 43 people were officially reported killed, including the aircraft's three crew members, a non-revenue passenger in a jump seat, and 39 people on the ground. In addition to these fatalities, 11 people were seriously injured and 15"
"Alas Nacionales Alas Nacionales (""National Wings"" in Spanish) was a Puerto Plata-based carrier that operated charterflights between Dominican Republic and Germany. The airline served as a representative of Birgenair. In summer 1994 the German tour operator Öger Tours and the small German airline Ratioflug entered into a cooperation to offer low-cost charter flights from Germany to the Dominican Republic in winter 94/95. The German Federal Ministry of Transport granted traffic rights to Ratioflug for period of six months. Because Ratioflug did not have any airplane with corresponding capacity and range it leased a Boeing 757 from the Turkish airline Birgenair"
"the sabbath. In 1982 the newly re-elected prime minister Menachem Begin, brought before the Knesset a vote to ban Sabbath flights once again (it passed by a vote of 58 to 54). Outraged, the secular community threatened to boycott the airline. In August 1982 El Al workers blocked Orthodox and Hassidic Jews from entering the airport. In 1977 El Al established a charter subsidiary, El Al Charter Services Ltd., later renamed Sun D'Or International Airlines Ltd. Two years earlier the airline had suffered its first losses since the late 1950s, largely a product of the global recession. The management changed"
"Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines ( in short), formerly ""Ethiopian Air Lines"" (EAL) and often referred to as simply ""Ethiopian"", is Ethiopia's flag carrier and is wholly owned by the country's government. EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and commenced operations on 8 April 1946, expanding to international flights in 1951. The firm became a share company in 1965 and changed its name from ""Ethiopian Air Lines"" to ""Ethiopian Airlines"". The airline has been a member of the International Air Transport Association since 1959 and of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) since 1968. Ethiopian is a Star Alliance member, having"
"flights. EL AL operates some regular Boeing 747 flights. Terminal 5 lies between the northern and southern runways at the western end of the Heathrow site and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 14 March 2008, some 19 years after its inception. It opened to the public on 27 March 2008, and British Airways and its partner company Iberia have exclusive use of this terminal. The first passenger to enter Terminal 5 was a UK ex-pat from Kenya who passed through security at 04:30 on the day. He was presented with a boarding pass by the British Airways CEO"
"Airport. On April 17, 2009, El Al and Montenegro Airlines issued a joint statement reiterating El Al's keen interest in buying 30% of the stock, but the plan failed. The airline remains a government-owned company and enjoys financial and protectionist support from the government. After the arrival of the airline's first pair of Embraer E-195s, Montenegro Airlines requested Embraer to change the remaining backlog order to the E-175. However, the third E-195 was delivered anyway, and thus the fourth remaining order was to be an E-175. On July 6, 2012, local media cited that Montenegro Airlines has yet again changed"
"A Learjet 45 is currently used. Until recently, a Gulfstream IV was also part of the fleet. The Air Corps AW139 helicopters are also used as government transport. The State of Israel does not currently possess a specific jet for use of its heads of state. Whenever the current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies long distances (out of the country), the government leases an airliner from El Al, the country's flag carrier. Meanwhile, the President Reuven Rivlin and other high-ranking dignitaries are relegated to El Al first-class commercial service. In 2016 approval was given for the acquisition of a dedicated"
"crew. Since then, Sun d'Or no longer operates own aircraft but utilizes planes from its parent, El Al. In May 2015, El Al confirmed to be in talks to merge Sun d'Or into its competitor Israir Airlines. While Sun d'Or would be dissolved, El Al would gain shares in Israir instead. Sun d'Or branded scheduled and charter flights are operated by El Al to the following destinations as of May 2015: As of May 2018, the fleet operated under the Sun d'Or brand consists of the following aircraft: Sun d'Or Sun d'Or (, also styled as Sund'or) is an Israeli"
"118°, with an audio system. In the Boeing 737–800 and Boeing 737–600, reclining seats 118°, with an audio system. In the ATR 72-500, reclining seats 118°. Air Algérie Air Algérie SpA (, ; ) is the national airline of Algeria, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers. With flights operating from Houari Boumedienne Airport, Air Algérie operates scheduled international services to 39 destinations in 28 countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as domestic services to 32 airports. The airline is a member of the International Air Transport Association, the Arab"
"Air Algérie Air Algérie SpA (, ; ) is the national airline of Algeria, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers. With flights operating from Houari Boumedienne Airport, Air Algérie operates scheduled international services to 39 destinations in 28 countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as domestic services to 32 airports. The airline is a member of the International Air Transport Association, the Arab Air Carriers Organization, and of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) since 1968. , Air Algérie was 100% owned by the government of Algeria. Air Algérie is"
"as they were the ""main national airline"" and often a sign of their country's presence abroad. The heavily regulated aviation industry also meant aviation rights are often negotiated between governments, denying airlines the right to an open market. These Bilateral Air Transport Agreements similar to the Bermuda I and Bermuda II agreements specify rights awardable only to locally registered airlines, forcing some governments to jump-start airlines to avoid being disadvantaged in the face of foreign competition. Some countries also establish flag carriers such as Israel's El Al or Lebanon's Middle East Airlines for nationalist reasons, or to aid the country's"
"extensive economic ties and engage in a high volume of trade, with an emphasis on technology and research and development in the spheres of bio-technology and defense. Israel's national airline El Al does not fly to Singapore as Singapore is located in the region of Indonesia and Malaysia, both of which do not recognise Israel as a state which makes attaining flight rights impossible. Israel has had diplomatic representation in Singapore since its earliest days, with representation formalised in 1968. Singapore is a regional hub for Israeli businesses, while a growing number of members of both business communities seek opportunities"
"charter market. The airline also operated flights for incoming tourists, on behalf of European and Israeli operators. In January 2005, Sun d'Or became a private company following the privatisation of El Al. The airline is licensed for the commercial transport of passengers and cargo on charter flights to and from Israel and owned an Air Operator Certificate to operate two leased planes that were fully serviced by El Al's maintenance. Sun D’Or International Airlines remained a fully owned subsidiary company of El Al and as such its passengers could take advantage of this association. Benefits included the ability for passengers"
"non-compliance with Israeli and international airline management standards, mainly lack of self-owned planes and crew. Since then, Sun d'Or no longer operates own aircraft but utilizes planes from its parent, El Al. Tamam (a company fully owned by El Al) is mainly engaged in the production and supply of kosher ready meals to airline companies. Katit (a company fully owned by El Al) is mainly engaged in the production and supply of meals to the Company's employees. The main business of Borenstein, a company (fully owned by El Al) registered in the U.S. and operating at New York's JFK airport,"