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by alonk
Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:51 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: ACA Schedule Help
Replies: 3
Views: 1733

RE: ACA Schedule Help

will you be able to check it out for me closer to the departure date?

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by alonk
Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:46 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: ACA Schedule Help
Replies: 3
Views: 1733

ACA Schedule Help

Hey all, I need some help getting A/C reg. for <acronym title="Acapulco - General Juan N. Alvarez International (ACA / MMAA), Mexico">ACA</acronym> 084 on Feb 22nd Departing Tel-Aviv (LLBG)- Toronto (CYYZ).. Hoping to catch the new <acronym title="Alitalia Express (Italy)">XM</acronym> cabins for th...

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by alonk
Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:59 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Aircraft Schedules- ACA
Replies: 5
Views: 1766

RE: Aircraft Schedules- ACA

yea iknow its a 763....
but what my question was is it possible that someone around here might be able to find out the exact Reg. of the A/c?

thanks for the help..

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by alonk
Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:54 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Aircraft Schedules- ACA
Replies: 5
Views: 1766

RE: Aircraft Schedules- ACA

ACA 085 TLV-YYZ 22.2.2007

thx

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by alonk
Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:48 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Aircraft Schedules- ACA
Replies: 5
Views: 1766

Aircraft Schedules- ACA

Hey!
does anybody know how I could possibly figure out which a/c I'll be flying on about a month from now on Air-Canada?

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by alonk
Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:03 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: How Many Of Us Are ATC?
Replies: 41
Views: 6412

How Many Of Us Are ATC?

Just wanted to see how many of the a.net fans are air traffic controllers...
If you are- where are you stationed?


we can start by couting me in...
I'm the commander of an Israeli Air-Force base tower in the center of Israel.

G'day,

~Alonk

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by alonk
Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:41 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: What Do Pilots Do During Flights?
Replies: 86
Views: 19183

RE: What Do Pilots Do During Flights?

Being in the Israeli Airforce, I get to fly alot our little country, both on Civilian and military aircraft. I find that most pilots sit around and laugh at the Air traffic controllers. I cant sit and laugh at the controller's since I am one, but I'm also a pilot so when the situation has it,I do &n...

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by alonk
Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:18 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: El Al Adds Another 767-300 To Fleet
Replies: 28
Views: 11063

RE: El Al Adds Another 767-300 To Fleet

hey guys! some inside info~ Israir is planning on getting two widebody aircraft to expand the route to new york and make it a normal route and not a season-line.. what i know is that they are looking into Airbus either A330 or A340.. currently the route to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy ...

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by alonk
Sat May 15, 2004 12:54 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: LY 763 @LAX
Replies: 0
Views: 1502

LY 763 @LAX

Hey all!  <img src="/discussions/graphics/spin.gif" ALT="Smile/happy/getting dizzy"> Many spotters have been asking me for the past month when will <acronym title="El Al (Israel)">LY</acronym> start to use the 763 on the <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California...

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by alonk
Sat May 15, 2004 12:51 am
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Non-Pilots: Do You Think You Could Land A Plane?
Replies: 129
Views: 12184

RE: Non-Pilots: Do You Think You Could Land A Plan

Hey all  Smile/happy/getting dizzy
people have asked me this question many times since I fly FS alot.(by alot means over 3000 hours these past 2 years,and honeslty,I think I can

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by alonk
Sat May 08, 2004 5:33 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Your Private Jet?
Replies: 34
Views: 4542

RE: Your Private Jet?

Deffinelty the 757!!
or for that matter a 762 would be quite nice,not too big yet not too small,has a great range and can accomodate an ample amount of people! :-P
great topic! Big grin

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by alonk
Sat May 08, 2004 4:55 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The First Time You Saw A 777 Was?
Replies: 76
Views: 6453

RE: The First Time You Saw A 777 Was?

First time I saw a 777 was at <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>.Waiting to board an MD80 to <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym>,and I saw at the gate across from mine flight AAL26 to...

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by alonk
Fri May 07, 2004 2:20 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Longest Flight On A "single-aisle" Aircraft
Replies: 65
Views: 11437

RE: Longest Flight On A "single-aisle" Aircraft

MIA-LAX -AA 752
took about 5 hours and 40 mins..
Drove me nuts!

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by alonk
Fri May 07, 2004 2:10 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: ATC Lingo?
Replies: 6
Views: 2808

RE: ATC Lingo?

could be the Bravo airspace relating to a general avitation aircraft or it could be relating the Bravo taxiway  Smile/happy/getting dizzy

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by alonk
Fri May 07, 2004 1:58 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Who Here Is ATC? :)
Replies: 15
Views: 4279

Who Here Is ATC? :)

Just wondering,how many of us work as ATC and where?..
to start off,I work as ATC at Palamhim AB in central Israel on the shoreline just south of Sde-Dov (LLSD) and soutwest of Ben Gurion(LLBG)..
~Alonk

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by alonk
Sun May 02, 2004 5:11 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Shortest Widebody Flight
Replies: 22
Views: 5477

RE: Shortest Widebody Flight

LY operates some 744's and 762's out of Ovda Air base in southern Israel.these are flights that usually come from Paris and drop off tourists in southern Israel and then continue onto Ben gurion (<acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym>).This flight is...

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by alonk
Sun May 02, 2004 5:04 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Next Airline To TLV
Replies: 32
Views: 4530

RE: Next Airline To TLV

Diesel33 LOL!!!  <img src="/discussions/graphics/spin.gif" ALT="Smile/happy/getting dizzy"> that's so true!!..so many Israelis fly to <acronym title="Bangkok - International (Don Muang) (BKK / VTBD), Thailand">BKK</acronym>... it would be pretty nice to see <acronym title="Thai International (T...

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by alonk
Sun May 02, 2004 4:43 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Next Airline To TLV
Replies: 32
Views: 4530

Next Airline To TLV

just thought this would be fun to use our imagination  Smile/happy/getting dizzy :
Which airline,do you think,would operate a new route to Tel Aviv.(considering all operators-North america/Asian/European etc.)?

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by alonk
Sat May 01, 2004 7:43 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: FRA-TLV On LH
Replies: 32
Views: 3794

RE: FRA-TLV On LH

its effective as we speak,thier is no reason for the morning flights to change to an A332 if they can fill up an A343 easily... the <acronym title="CURRENT: Munich (- Franz Josef Strauss) (MUC / EDDM), Germany AND OLD: Munich - Riem (MUC / EDDM) (closed), Germany">MUC</acronym> flight was once opera...

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by alonk
Sat May 01, 2004 7:38 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: FRA-TLV On LH
Replies: 32
Views: 3794

RE: FRA-TLV On LH

BTW,LH still uses the 744 on all afternoon flights but the morning flights vary from A343's to A332's.
Same as swiss's afternoon flights: morning is A321 and afternoon varies from the MD11(gone yet?)/A343/A332
 Smile/happy/getting dizzy

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by alonk
Sat May 01, 2004 7:34 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: FRA-TLV On LH
Replies: 32
Views: 3794

RE: FRA-TLV On LH

Hey all <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main <acronym title="Air Berlin (Germany)">AB</acronym>) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>-<acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> is a very high yeilding route,but <acronym title="Lufthansa (Ge...

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by alonk
Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:17 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: 7E7, Who's Next To Buy?
Replies: 69
Views: 8278

RE: 7E7, Who's Next To Buy?

It was stated in yesterday's newspaper in Israel that El Al has sent the North-American Operations chief to chicago to meet up with boeing official's to talk about the 7E7 and about the internet in the flight! must be pretty cool!  <img src="/discussions/graphics/spin.gif" ALT="Smile/happy/gett...

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by alonk
Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:15 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: What Plane Would You Fly If You Could Be A Pilot?
Replies: 70
Views: 9455

RE: What Plane Would You Fly If You Could Be A Pilot?

I'd have to say the 757 because they're just beautiful but it has always been a dream to fly ELY001 (from tel aviv to kennedy)...I guess flying it a few times a year influences you pretty bad  Wink/being sarcastic

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by alonk
Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:12 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AA#69 Load Factors
Replies: 14
Views: 3350

AA#69 Load Factors

Can anybody tell me what today's load factors on AAL69 from Madrid to Miami will be today?!...
Thanx~
~Alonk

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by alonk
Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:35 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Which Airports Do You Visit The Most Often?
Replies: 84
Views: 6497

RE: Which Airports Do You Visit The Most Often?

used to be <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>/<acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>/<acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym>/<ac...

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by alonk
Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:23 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Shortest Flight On A Widebody?
Replies: 220
Views: 17017

RE: Shortest Flight On A Widebody?

El Al flies some flights from Paris-Orly to the Ovda Air base in southern Israel (just north of the tourist city Eilat) and then flies from Ovda Air Base to Ben Gurion.those flights are just under 30 minutes and they fly them with 767's and 744's pretty frequently. Furthermore,El Al used to fly dire...

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by alonk
Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:49 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Longest 757 Ride
Replies: 68
Views: 9571

RE: Longest 757 Ride

My longest ride on a 75 was from <acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym> to <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>..i think it was just over 5 hours though it felt like forever.Even though i fly alot and most...

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by alonk
Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:39 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Most Interesting Chartered Aircraft: Your Airport?
Replies: 29
Views: 4260

RE: Most Interesting Chartered Aircraft: Your Airport?

we get lots of turkish charters and lot of european charters around here at Tel Aviv..The rarest one i've seen was last wed.- A Brittania 762 came in  Smile

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by alonk
Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:20 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Service You Wish Came Back To Your Apt.
Replies: 47
Views: 3497

RE: Service You Wish Came Back To Your Apt.

I miss seeing TWA and Delta at <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym>.. delta used to fly here with thier MD11's and TWA with the 763's... now we only get <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> and <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</ac...

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by alonk
Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:42 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Lufthansa's A330-200s
Replies: 14
Views: 3350

RE: Lufthansa's A330-200s

hey,atlking about the A333 of LH,I see it operating out of JFK as LH401 but its listed as "Lufthansa Cargo"... : whats the deal with that?..

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by alonk
Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:30 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EL-AL @ DTW
Replies: 4
Views: 1570

EL-AL @ DTW

For all of you guys that were interested in the <acronym title="El Al (Israel)">LY</acronym> 744 and 772 that came into your town a few days ago,they'll be back on ,they will be arriving back on April 28th (wed.) in the early morning. ELY3003-744 is scheduled to leave Tel Aviv @ 23:30 the previous d...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:12 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

it's weird that from one side of the deal they say the contract period is confirmed and the other one says its not...
anyways it would be nice to see this plane flying around  Smile

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:56 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

from what i understood it wont be such a short term but its a lease for quite a while,as the CEO said they will be utilising the aircraft for winter season flights as well..

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:10 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Further El Al Q's
Replies: 3
Views: 1307

RE: Further El Al Q's

well put Hi_flyer :-P

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:27 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

As far as Israeli charters go,they are %90 ontime and fly descent equipment ranging from the 73G-772's...Arkia Flies 752's and one 753.Israir flies the 752's to the european destinations.both airlines have a normal airline schedule for domestic flights in Israel,mostly utilising thier fleets of ATR4...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:14 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

oh~and about the new 763ER-it will albino just like the 752 that Israir has,meaning an all white paint scheme with "Israir" titles on it :

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:01 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

well,the <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> product has been manufactured in such a good way,they built themselves really good reputation in Israel.as far as flying one airline to almost anywhere in the U.S. with only one stop and one check-in which is very convient for some tr...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:27 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Further El Al Q's
Replies: 3
Views: 1307

RE: Further El Al Q's

Use your imagination Big grin
be creative,cuz they have basically evrything they could get thier hands on...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:24 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

Israir is a totally private compnay that has nothing to do with El Al...They fly on the sabbath and just yesterday,in thier press meeting they announced code share with a Croatian airline (dont remember the name)... I doubt the fact they will ever code share with El Al since the competition between ...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:54 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EL AL At DTW
Replies: 18
Views: 3676

RE: EL AL At DTW

* 'bout the 762's coming into <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>/<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-yea they do that during the winter season when there is need to r...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:31 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EL AL At DTW
Replies: 18
Views: 3676

RE: EL AL At DTW

Shlomoz As far as I know,the station manager was feeding ur B.S. cuz the 763 is unprofitable for the <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:28 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

oh,and also,expect to see this plane around european destination that Israir serves during the winter season as Israir's CEO said they will stop flying to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> after the summer season and conti...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:28 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

I belive 4X-EKI (the 738 that was N802NA) is in El Al's fleet and not the Israir Fleet...
Israir currently has 2 752's-One in the full Israir colors and one "albino"..plus they have 4 ATR42's..
 Smile

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:25 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EL AL At DTW
Replies: 18
Views: 3676

RE: EL AL At DTW

I got it from the Ben-Gurion airport's schedule...

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:31 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EL AL At DTW
Replies: 18
Views: 3676

RE: EL AL At DTW

Thier is another scheduled charter flight on the 22nd into DTW with a 772...
these are indeed charter flights.
 Smile

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by alonk
Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:29 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

K i got the scoop,Israir will operate Air Atlanta Icelandic's 767-300ER non-stop all the way from <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym...

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by alonk
Sun Apr 18, 2004 7:30 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Israir To Open TLV-JFK
Replies: 27
Views: 3850

RE: Israir To Open TLV-JFK

Most likely they will lease one of El Al's 742's and it will be operated as an Israir flight...flying with thier own 75's will be unprofitable with a stopover somewhere in Europe...
~Alonk

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by alonk
Sat Apr 17, 2004 11:18 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Does El Al Fly On Saturday's And Holidays?
Replies: 39
Views: 24133

RE: Does El Al Fly On Saturday's And Holidays?

Cory6188 <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> isnt the only airline that flies out of telaviv during <acronym title="San Antonio - International (SAT / KSAT), USA - Texas">SAT</acronym>/SUN...<acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> <acronym title="Crossair (Switzerland)">LX...

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by alonk
Sat Apr 03, 2004 6:28 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Continental's Peter Max
Replies: 8
Views: 2721

RE: Continental's Peter Max

So I guess the probability of me seeing it doubles as of tommorow since COA doubled its service to Tel Aviv now offering 14 flights a week (COA84&COA90+COA85&COA91) now having both day and night flights to Newark...
hopefully i'll be able to catch it this week!

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by alonk
Sat Apr 03, 2004 6:26 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Shortest Flight On A 747?
Replies: 23
Views: 5868

RE: Shortest Flight On A 747?

El Al Operates during the summer the following short routes with 744's as well as 777's:
LLBG-LTAI (antalya) 1 hour
LLBG-LCLK (Larnaca) less then 40 minutes
LLBG-LGKO(Kos) just over an hour
LLBG-LGRP(Rhodes) just the same as Kos
LLBG-LGAV(Athens) about 1hr30mins

:P

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