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El AlBenedict Gombocz
Israel’s flag carrier airline; its name (Hebrew: על means (אל“To the Skies” or “Skyward”.
Has expanded to serve about 45 destinations since its initial flight from Geneva to Tel Aviv in September 1948; operates scheduled domestic and international services and cargo flights to Europe, North America, Africa, and the Near and Far from its hub at Ben Gurion International Airport.
Offers (in principle) only kosher in-flight meals; does not fly passengers on the Jewish Sabbath or religious holidays.
Is regarded as one of the world’s safest airlines, in gratitude to its strict security processes, both on the ground and on board its aircraft.
While it has been targeted by hijackings and terrorist attacks, only one El Al flight was hijacked successfully.
As the principle airline of Israel, it has played a significant role in humanitarian rescue attempts, having airlifted Jews from other nations to Israel, which set the world record for the most passengers on a commercial aircraft (lone plane record of 1,122 passengers) by Operation Solomon, during which 14,500 Jewish immigrants were transported via Ethiopia in 1991.
Operated an all-Boeing fleet of 38 aircraft, flew more than 4 million passengers, and employed a workforce of 6,056 worldwide in 2012.
The airline’s 2011 income increased to $2.4 million, which amounted to losses of $49.4 million in comparison to a turnover of $57 million in 2010.
El Al: Background
The headquarters of El Al are located on the grounds of Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv District, Israel, near Lod.
In 1999, William A. Orme of The New York Times described the facility as “utilitarian”.
El Al: Headquarters
Ben Gurion International Airport
El Al: Hubs
El Al serves destinations on five continents with a well-developed European system that even takes in significant cities in Russia, the Baltic region, and the CIS member states.
It serves numerous gateway cities in North America, expanding its service to cover Central and Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Mumbai) and the Far East (Beijing, Hong Kong).
It even services to Johannesburg in Africa. It operated domestic flights to Eilat for a while; these
services were terminated in October 2013.
El Al: Destinations
El Al (as of November 2013) has codeshare agreements with these eight airlines: ◦ Air China (Star Alliance)◦ American Airlines (Oneworld)◦ Czech Airlines (SkyTeam)◦ Iberia Airlines (Oneworld)◦ S7 Airlines (Oneworld)◦ Swiss International Air Lines (Star Alliance)◦ Thai Airways International (Star Alliance)◦ Vietnam Airlines (SkyTeam)
El Al: Codeshare agreements
El Al’s historic, old-fashioned livery featured a turquoise/navy blue strip down the aircraft’s side, and a turquoise tailfin with the Israeli flag at the top.
Its logo was shown above the front run of windows on every side of the plane in the turquoise/navy scheme. The new livery shows a blue stripe with a solid silver border on the bottom that sweeps across the aircraft’s
side by the wing, vanishes over the top of the plane, and reemerges by the bottom of the tailfin. El Al’s logo accompanies that design, even though it has slightly changed ever since. El Al has an all Boeing-made fleet made up of these aircraft with a normal age of 11.1 years (11 December
2011): ◦ In June 2012, El Al announced a plan to reorganize its fleet with 15 to 20 new aircraft during the next ten years.
◦ El Al retired its last 757 on November 26, 2012 following 25 years of service.
◦ It was announced in May 2013 that the last two Boeing 767-200ER in fleet would be retired; the last 767-200ER was retired on September 22, 2013.
El Al: Present fleet
El Al 747-458 (old livery) and El Al 777-200ER (new livery)
El Al 777-200, Ben Gurion International Airport
El Al 747-458, John F. Kennedy International Airport
El Al Boeing 777-200, Newark Liberty International Airport
El Al 707 in old livery, Zurich Airport, 1982
El Al MD-11 in old livery, September 1998
YouTube links:◦ EL AL commercial: The Angel אלעל
: המלאךhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oys-_dP8Eus
EL Al New Safety Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcKGCS4rSl8
על אל של הבטיחות : סרטון
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGj-zVlDEEE
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