Not sure why you picked on SFO-TLV. The flight is doing really well, particularly in the front. There is ton of business traffic on the route, loads seem to be very high and I assume yields are also good.
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Jump to postGreat report, thanks!
That looks like a RAM's (Royal Air Maroc) 788
That's great! The more competition from Tel Aviv to Asia the better.
Currently LY basically is the main choice, with Hainan being the only other option to China and KE to South Korea and beyond.
Wondering what LY plans this route ... Are they going to code-share or compete with CX?
Also TLV terminal 1 (LCC terminal nowadays) dates back to 1936:
then:
today:
Hi all! This is a quick report about my trip to Munich and back from the last week of March. In fact Munich wasn’t my final destination - I spent a week in Tirol skiing, but this is for another forum <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" ...
Jump to postThe new bins appear not to be pivot bins as seen on A350 but regular bins with an updated look. Doesn't seem like a step in right direction to me, but I guess they couldn't fit pivot bins on A330, so they just make the cabin "look" like A350 without changing the underlying design. <a href="http://ww...
Jump to postHi! Indeed not your usual trip report with legroom and meal shots <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> I thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful views of St Petersburg skyline and look forward for more reports like this...
Jump to postHi TopKnife! Great report, thanks for sharing! I'm avoiding <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> for the exact same reason - their business class to <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> is not a lot different from Y. My problem with <a...
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Jump to postThanks for the report! Good to know <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</acronym> is a decent LCC, as many times they offer good fares out of <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym>. I take you didn't check in lug...
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Jump to postTLV schedule published by <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> : Flight From To Departure Arrival UA954 <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>While <acronym title="San Francisco - Internat...
Jump to postAccording to Israeli news site Ynet, United is planning to start a nonstop <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>-<acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> flight beginning from 3/30/2016. The flight ...
Jump to posthere is picasa link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/103513134586158087254/BOSMADTLV
Since the album is public now I hope everyone will have access to it.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/debonair" class="quote" target="_blank">debonair</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>pictures don't come up...</i></font></td><...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dcajet" class="quote" target="_blank">dcajet</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Did <acronym title="Iberia (Spain)">IB</acrony...
Jump to postok, looks like the report was too long and it got truncated. Here is the missing part ... <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> A321 pulling in <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kUeZSUo77sTiMPgnTDUw3YNppqFjgm0x8rOxGIV7ZdIAFHBTSNqamI9A5MDY05PTnF32M5kUQftbYn1NzgQUO0WZnyRMf8PUj6jmcrbWP...
Jump to postHi everyone! This is the final chapter of the series of reports about our recent travel to the US, describing the return trip from <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym> to <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (...
Jump to postHi! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/WearyDrover" class="quote" target="_blank">WearyDrover</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>You can really see the differe...
Jump to postThanks for feedback, guys! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/767747" class="quote" target="_blank">767747</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Hope you have a nic...
Jump to postThanks guys! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SCQ83" class="quote" target="_blank">SCQ83</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>and they are a real pain</i></font>...
Jump to postMSP-<acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> This is a third part of our US summer trip series, describing our return to the East Coast....
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Jump to postORD-<acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold-Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym> with Spirit This is a short report on a rather short flight we had with Spirit. Having flown with them before, I had my expectations set appropriately (that is – low) and ...
Jump to postHello everyone and thanks for tuning in! This is the first installment in the series of reports describing our summer trip to the US. This port is about our travel from Tel Aviv to Chicago with a layover in Madrid. This time I will try to be brief and let the pictures speak for themselves. I was tra...
Jump to postPrices on <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym>-US flights have been dropping, partly thanks to lower fuel prices but mostly due to fierce competition. If you go anywhere except NYC or <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - ...
Jump to postThe link posted here talks about 787-8 and 787-9, it doesn't mention -10. I'm sure it will help a lot to <acronym title="El Al (Israel)">LY</acronym>'s bottom line, as operating those ancient 767s and 747s is probably very expensive nowadays and 747s are way too big for such a small company, even if...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/planesarecool" class="quote" target="_blank">planesarecool</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>Actually I think these routes ...
Jump to postsorry for confusion - the correct IATA code of Ovda is VDA, not OVD
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GCT64" class="quote" target="_blank">GCT64</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I understand that the...
Jump to postHi Just saw on ynet news site (Hebrew only): <a href="http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4677124,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4677124,00.html</a> No specific info on dates/frequencies, but the article mentions that <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acron...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfklganyc" class="quote" target="_blank">jfklganyc</a> (<a href="#73" class="quote">Reply 73</a>):<br/><i>Yes. It is very nice.</i></font></td><...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lesfalls" class="quote" target="_blank">lesfalls</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i> Great <acronym title="Transbrasil SA Linh...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/XAM2175" class="quote" target="_blank">XAM2175</a> (<a href="#35" class="quote">Reply 35</a>):<br/><i>impressive-sounding Trans-World Airlines b...
Jump to postOf, forgot about this question: <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lesfalls" class="quote" target="_blank">lesfalls</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>How is Tel...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hilram" class="quote" target="_blank">hilram</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>But how much does it cost to keep these old ...
Jump to postThanks for comments! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LTU932" class="quote" target="_blank">LTU932</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>For those who don't know ...
Jump to postThanks for comments, guys! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ElanusNotatus" class="quote" target="_blank">ElanusNotatus</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Pity ...
Jump to postThanks for sharing! How would you rate <acronym title="Turkish Airlines">TK</acronym> business class against the European/American competition on the long haul routes (e.g. to the US)? I'm thinking to give them a try one day, even though I'm mostly loyal to <acronym title="Executive Airlines (USA)">...
Jump to postThe part covers my return home from San Francisco. After intensive workweek I decided to take things slowly and stayed for additional night, delaying my return to Saturday. This gave me an opportunity to meet friends and relax before heading home. Saturday flight loads also appeared to be relatively...
Jump to postPart 1 Hello everyone! This report is about my recent trip to San Fransisco and back with <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> in Club World. The first part covers the outbound segments. I have to apologize, as since I was preoccupied with other aspects of the trip, I wasn’t paying attentio...
Jump to postI guess what concerned me originally is that IFE failed right before the fumes appeared in the cocpit
Jump to postMy wife was on BA115 from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> (772, G-YMMP). About one hour into the flight, the IFE system failed. Subsequentl...
Jump to postI passed through <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> back in September '96, coming off a 747 arrived from <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym>. The arrival was really memorable, as we went along the glass-wall corridor around the 74...
Jump to postthere are two never-ending and ever-delayed aviation infrastructure projects that are routinely discussed here - BER and <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> metro line. Even though completely unrelated, it seems like both will keep showing up...
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