El Al facts for kids
El Al (Hebrew: אל על; Arabic: إل عال) is the national airline of Israel. It is the country's flag carrier airline. It also flies to Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. El Al serves 48 destinations. It has only one hub: Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.
History
In 1948, after a conference in Geneva, the first President of Israel had to return to Israel with a government aircraft. However, this was not possible. So a C-54 was converted into a civil aircraft and repainted with the El Al logo in order to bring back the President to Israel.
El Al became the official Israeli airline in 1948. The first international flight took place in 1949. It flew from Tel Aviv to Paris.
Images for kids
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An El Al Lockheed Constellation (1951).
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A Curtiss Commando freight aircraft of El Al.
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Kurdish Jewish Immigrants from Iraq leaving Lod Airport (1951).
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A Bristol Britannia of El Al at Farnborough Airport in 1957 just before delivery to the airline.
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1951 British mechanic's residence permit for Israel – El Al worker.
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A 1951 El Al pilot's early Israeli passport.
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An El Al Boeing 720 being serviced at London Heathrow Airport in 1964.
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An El Al Boeing 707 at Orly Airport, Paris (1965).
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An El Al Boeing 707-300B landing at Zurich Airport, Switzerland (1982).
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An El Al Boeing 767-200 on short final to London Heathrow Airport in 1985.
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El Al helped with the airlifting of Ethiopian immigrants from Ethiopia during Operation Solomon in 1991.
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Logo from 1960s
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A small El Al aircraft at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petakh Tikva.
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A Sun d'Or Boeing 737-800 operated by El Al.
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A former Up Boeing 737-800.
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El Al Boeing 737-800
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El Al Boeing 777-200ER
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El Al Boeing 787-9 wearing a 1960s retro livery
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A former El Al Boeing 767-200ER. El Al was the launch customer for this variant of the Boeing 767.
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A former El Al Boeing 747-200B.
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The Business Class cabin on an El Al Boeing 737-700.
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Monument for the Bijlmer disaster, Amsterdam of 4 October 1992. The monument was designed by architect Herman Hertzberger together with survivors.
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An El Al flight attendant in the 1950s.
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See also
In Spanish: El Al para niños
