I've talked a lot about how diplomatic relations have recently been established between Israel and the UAE, which is leading to nonstop flights between the two countries. We're seeing EL AL fly to Dubai, Etihad fly to Tel Aviv, etc. Well, these aren't…
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EL AL has become the latest airline to announce flights between Israel and the UAE, but there are some surprising aspects to this announcement. This follows normalization of relations between the two countries, which was first revealed back in mid-August.…
Not only have Israel and the United Arab Emirates recently started cooperating, but we've now learned about plans for the national airlines of both countries to cooperate as well. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad and Tel Aviv-based EL AL have signed a memorandum…
We're getting some more details about what scheduled passenger flights will look like between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in the not-too-distant future. This follows normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE, which was first revealed…
EL AL has been looking for a new investor for the past several months. The airline was in a bad financial situation before the current pandemic started, and of course this situation just exacerbated EL AL's problems. Around the beginning of July it was…
With Israel and the United Arab Emirates establishing diplomatic ties, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain seem to be warming up to Israel as well... at least when it comes to aviation rights. Jared Kushner has announced this week that both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain…
Israel and the United Arab Emirates are launching a new era of diplomacy, and to kick that off, EL AL operated its first-ever flight to the UAE today. EL AL flight LY971 operated today from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi. The 1,311 mile flight took just 3hr17min.…
A couple of weeks ago a historic peace deal was announced between Israel and the UAE, which will hopefully usher in a new era of diplomacy. Part of this agreement involves commercial flights being added between the two countries. A couple of days ago…
Israel and the United Arab Emirates have made an exciting announcement today, which has major implications for aviation and tourism. Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to full normalization of relations between the two countries going forward.…
Airlines around the globe are struggling to stay in business with the current pandemic. EL AL has been in an especially tough spot, as the airline hasn't been able to secure government funding, and more or less had to temporarily cease operations...…
EL AL's troubles have just become a whole lot worse, as the airline has now been banned from operating cargo flights. EL AL hasn't operated a scheduled passenger flight in several weeks, and as of now these flights are banned until June 20, 2020. As…
As reported by Haaretz, EL AL pilots are arguing that if they're expected to make the biggest concessions in light of the current pandemic, they should also have the most upside during good times. Like so many airlines around the world, EL AL is in a…
In late November I wrote about how EL AL announced that they planned to "trial" nonstop flights between Tel Aviv and Melbourne, and we now have the details of what this will look like. EL AL will be operating three roundtrip nonstop trips between Tel…
Today (November 3, 2019) EL AL is operating their last ever 747 flight from Rome to Tel Aviv. It's even operating with a special flight number -- LY1747. The 747 is an iconic plane, and to me will always be one of the most special planes to ever grace…
An interesting lounge change has just been made at Heathrow Airport. Up until now EL AL has operated their own lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4, which they used primarily for passengers on their two daily flights to Tel Aviv. Within the past week it looks…
Well this is a bit of a surprise. As of July 1st 2019, El Al passengers will have the option to credit flown miles to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, rather than El Al's own Matmid frequent flyer program.
In 2017, EL AL and Qantas launched a partnership, allowing reciprocal mileage redemptions. This really came in handy, given how few airline partners EL AL has. American AAdvantage used to partner with EL AL, though that ended in 2014. Not only is it…
At the moment EL AL is refreshing their fleet thanks to the nine Boeing 787-9s that they’re taking delivery of, which are replacing their aging 747s. This is allowing the airline some expansion opportunities, and is also greatly improving their product. I…
At the moment EL AL is refreshing their fleet thanks to the nine Boeing 787-9s that they're taking delivery of, which are replacing their aging 747s. This is allowing the airline some expansion opportunities, and is also greatly improving their product.…
At the moment EL AL is refreshing their fleet thanks to the nine Boeing 787-9s that they're taking delivery of, which are replacing their aging 747s. This is allowing the airline some expansion opportunities, and is also greatly improving their product.…
EL AL is having a rough couple of weeks. Last week EL AL was in the news for their horrible handling of a flight that ended up diverting in order to observe Shabbat, and now they're in the news because one of their 787s took off 80,000 pounds heavier…
EL AL has been in the news a lot the past few days regarding last Thursday's flight from New York to Tel Aviv. Here are the two posts I've written about this: If you want all the details check out those posts, but essentially what happened is that an…
Yesterday I published a post about the bizarre incident that occurred on an EL AL flight from New York to Tel Aviv this past Thursday. I admit that at first I didn't get all the details right, and apologize for that. That's because I drafted the post…
EL AL doesn't operate flights over Shabbat (from Friday evening until Saturday night), so when you look at their schedule, you'll see there's always a gap there. Planes on the ground in Israel will stay there, while planes at outstations will simply…
