Hey Tesla, Thx for great report. Indeed the A340s are getting rare to find and we need to use the opportunity to fly it while we can. Having flying both Swiss business class and Edelweiss business class, I must say that i think that WK is much better. I flew EZE-ZRH on WK A343 also in 14A in 2019, a...
Jump to postSurprisingly in Frankfurt Germany, which looks like the natural Cobus-land, they are using mostly articulated Mercedes Citaro buses to transport passengers. But yes indeed, Cobus 3000 is the most common airport bus to be found. Those buses are lower and wider than regular city buses therefore can on...
Jump to postThere are almost half a million Moroccan Jews living in Israel, so this may make sense. Actually out of the 250,000 Moroccan Jews arrived in the 1950s, now there are more than million Israelis with Moroccan origin. The potential for tourists is huge, and with RAM been skyteam member and Morocco bee...
Jump to postReading about the option for flying from Europe to North America via AMM is kind of funny - we in Israel, with AMM airport been just 30 minutes away, used RJ almost only to fly to Asia and the far east (mainly BKK), and practically no one used RJ to fly from Israel to North America, which is very po...
Jump to postActually, ETM airport was built with intention to replace TLV when needed after VDA airport failed to do so in 2014. It has a 3.6 km runway (originally planned to be 3.1), it has tarmac way larger than needed in regular times and there are 2 large shads next to the terminal that can be used as an e...
Jump to postActually, ETM airport was built with intention to replace TLV when needed after VDA airport failed to do so in 2014. It has a 3.6 km runway (originally planned to be 3.1), it has tarmac way larger than needed in regular times and there are 2 large shads next to the terminal that can be used as an ex...
Jump to postLY777 wrote:CAL flying passengers?!
Volotea didn't refund my cancelled flight in March, nice to know they have enough money for expansion but not enough to pay back customers few dozens Euros for cancelled flights.
Jump to postsmi0006 wrote:Was 2-5-2 ever adopted outside the US?
As of today (March 8th) most major European airlines have suspended service to TLV due to Israeli government orders not to allow citizens of some countries to enter. All flights of Alitalia, Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian & Iberia suspended till end of March, so as some routes by Ryanair & Wizza...
Jump to postWhat kind of traffic does RJ get on AMM-TLV-AMM? I would assume that BKK is a popular connection from TLV, but what other transfer destinations are popular? I would assume North America and Europe are popular as well to I guess. There is very little local traffic between AMM and TLV it seems. Not r...
Jump to postAssuming these are on the Hungarian AOC, W6 is still aggressively targeting the UK market! I'm wondering what the next W9 base will be... - Tel Aviv (unfortunately El Al protectionism prevents this for the moment, otherwise a no-brainer given W6's strong performance in Israel)) BS. Wizz has very su...
Jump to postThe baby bus is one of my favorite aircraft! Air India had a ton of these when I was growing up and always enjoyed all my flights. Will try to book myself on one of these before they fly out into history books. I think TS flies A310's to MRS and FCO from here? TS has 9 across though! :( I booked my...
Jump to postActually, its like this: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=TLV-SSH-JIB-SCT-MEL&DU=nm
Jump to postUkraine International Airlines, which has expanded significantly since the collapse of Aerosvit in 2013 yet still losing money, announced some route cuts in its winter schedule: the airline will axe flights to PEK, AMM, RIX & MSQ altogether; BKK will reduce to 3 flights a week (instead of 4 or 5...
Jump to postI truly enjoyed reading you!! Thank you! I have good memories on LY 747s, especially on the 742s with the coloured side panels. It was also sad to see their 757s leave the fleet a few years ago as I flew them often on the Paris/TLV route! Once again, thanks for sharing! Thx buddy, I am happy you li...
Jump to postHello, I have a long personal history with El Al's B747s fleet. My very first flight abroad was on El Al B747 (-200), so as my first flight to Europe (4X-AXD), my first flight to the US (4X-AXH), my first business class long haul flight (4X-ELA) so as my first flight to Asia (4X-ELE). Throughout my ...
Jump to post- Tel Aviv (unfortunately El Al protectionism prevents this for the moment, otherwise a no-brainer given W6's strong performance in Israel) How exactly does LY prevent W6 from flying SEN - TLV? Of course, LY can't prevent W6 to launch SEN-TLV. But their lobbying is at least partially to blame for t...
Jump to postAirbusA343 wrote:What would you personally do if you were travelling alone?
If Ukraine wants tourist to actually return there they must improve their infrastructure and hospitality. After been there in 2018 (Lviv and Kiev) I took my parents this year (Kiev and Odessa) and it was terrible. My father's wallet was stolen by the AIRPORT BUS DRIVER, waiters are rude, taxi driver...
Jump to postThx for the well made report, Porter and YTZ still miss in my log, hopefully next time I'm in Canada
Jump to postYes. Lufthansa used two jetways for a period of time on A321s. Would love to see a picture if anybody has one. I also have one, taken in FRA in 2013, gate C13 of Terminal 1: http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7301/fwji.jpg Was originally published in this trip report: https://www.airliners.net/foru...
Jump to postIs there any database keeping keeping registrations of flights in and out of Toronto Pearson (YYZ)?
Jump to postWhat about a flight from London to Falkland islands? was there a flight ever? LHR-PSY: 7853mi as per gcmap.com The Falkland Islands are indeed part of the UK, but are self-governing territory (like Bermuda) and not integral part of Britain (like Jersey) so I am not sure if it will be considered dom...
Jump to postGreat report, thx for shearing. With such high prices for short domestic flights, no wonder Ryanair and flexibus are doing so well in Germany.
Jump to postWHY NOT ORD YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe with the B788. I suspect that one-stop ORD-TLV has a stronger market in Lufthansa and United. I would also not be surprised to learn that: aside from the NYC metro area, most of El Al's point of sale is Israeli. For TLV-MCO, that is certainl...
Jump to postEl Al had seven 767s with capacity of 218-225 passengers, and in the last 18 months the airline received eight B787-9 with capacity of 282 passengers, so no. El Al has four 747s that will leave the fleet by the end of this year, only after few more 787s will arrive - the airline still has eight more...
Jump to postReplacing Beer Sheva! El Al's new 787 demonstration flight in Y+ Hello, Beer Sheva, Israel's 6th largest city and the largest in the Negev desert is the name of an El Al B747-400, 4X-ELC, built in 1995. I had a great long flight on it back in 2002, LAX-YYZ-TLV. As LY's older 747s been replaced by ne...
Jump to postFrom the same reason no other medium size airline like El Al didn't buy the 748 – its too big for it. The global trend worldiwide in the past 10 years is to switch from hub-to-hub base to point-to-point base. For El Al, it means less capacity to JFK and instead opening new routes from Tel Aviv direc...
Jump to postEl Al is doing what most airlines are doing - replacing B744s busy routes for long and thin routes operated by more efficient airplanes, like the 787. El Al will indeed loose capacity in the JFK route, but the airline is adding new direct flights to the US (LAS & SFO) with 787, in addition to ot...
Jump to postChrisKen wrote:CrisL wrote:
There's an orange airline that flies the route from LTN & LGW for half the price. They also offer an arguably better service at the moment.
Frankly not sure RO brings much to the table for Skyteam either. A pretty insignificant airline. I am not sure TAROM bring nothing to the table. Romania is far from been only OTP. Romania has second tier airports - mainly TSR, CLJ & IAS, but also CRA & SBZ - all enjoying amazing growth (som...
Jump to postThere wasn't a bigger money loser for Olympic Airways than their long haul routes, North America, Asia an even Australia. I don't think Aegean wants to go the same way as Olympic.
Jump to postIn Israel local elections voting age was lowered in 2003 from 18 to 17, there was no real difference in turnout.
Jump to postHey, Thx for the report, reminded me of my day trip WAW-KTW-WAW I took in may just for the heck of it (Paid for it about as much as you paid the sandwiches and drinks in the airport). Yet, you could have spared us the American condescending about the jetbridges, your surprise from WRO airport so as ...
Jump to postI know I'm walking on thin ice here, but its pretty hard for me to feel sorry for you. Why? OK, you have a newborn baby, mazal tov. And, you're a hard working man trying to make up for the time he is away during the holidays. Pretty good so far. BUT, why instead of staying at home or going someplace...
Jump to postThis report is old and not up to date. The plan indeed was to retire 747s till march 2019, but after a collision in TLV involving El Al 767, the airline decided to retire 767s first, until January 2019, and to keep 747s in service at least until after the end of Jewish new year holiday season of Oct...
Jump to postHey pdp, Thank you very much for this report. I enjoyed your writing a lot and laughed out loud several times. In the office naturally, where else can you read trip reports? I have been to Poland in May, and departed back to Israel from LUZ. Can't say I like the airport - its so tiny, that one 2/3 f...
Jump to postWhenever I have long flight on a narrow body, I simply book myself for extra charge the exit row or first row of the cabin. As tall person, I never needed more and I easily flew 6+ hours on easyjet A320 (TLV-MAN), 5+ hours on Ryanair 737 (VDA-BRE) and Wizzair A320 (TLV-LTN). This and few newspapers ...
Jump to postAlso need to mention that Lebanon is pretty small country with its borders are with Israel which is closed, and Syria - say no more; so tourists cannot combine visit to Lebanon and visit to other countries. This is not the case in Israel/Jordan: Many use the cheap tickets to VDA to land in EIlat, th...
Jump to postIf this crisis will escalate that air space will be blocked, All Saudi flights to the US will be affected. Saudi Arabia used this act against Qatar and for many years against Israel.
Jump to postEl Al's new 787 demonstration flight in Business class For years (since 1994 I think) El Al is naming its airplanes after cities and zones in Israel. As Boeing dreamliners gradually replacing aging 747s and 767s, some names of the older airplanes are given to new 787s, and so was the case of Bat Yam...
Jump to postPeople still use paper tickets nowadays? I thought they were all electronic. I always print out the PDF, but mostly the check in desk personnel just want to see your ID or passport for international trips. In the western world that might be the norm but this happened in Turkey, where some airlines ...
Jump to postLOT TLV-WAW-KTW + Polonez & Dan lounges Hello, Poland and Israel aviation relations are on new high right now. LOT Polish Airlines is flying to Israel from no less than 6 Polish airports (WAW, GDN, LUZ, POZ, RZE & WRO). Add to that Ryanair flights (WRO, POZ, GDN, KRK & seasonal to WMI) &...
Jump to postCool, never made this list before! A300B4-100/200 A318 A319 A320 A321 A330-200/300 A380 AN-24 ATR 42-320 ATR 72-500/600 AVRO RJ100 B717-200 B737-200/300/400/500/700/800/900/900ER B747-200/400/8 B757-200/300 B767-200/200ER/300/300ER B777-200/200ER/300ER B787-9 Cessna 152/172 CRJ-200 De Havilland DHC ...
Jump to postMore pictures and video can be found here:
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340, ... 85,00.html
I don't think the Israelis will feel comfortable flying over saudi airspace especially in case of an emergency. Anyway does this route overfly Pak airspace or will it fly down to Gujarat and head further west ? Why? Flights of Royal Jordanian, Turkish Airlines, UIA and other airlines are packed wit...
Jump to postFirst time KSA allows flights to Israel over its soil, flight time from Tel Aviv to Delhi will be just 6 hours.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/in- ... -1.5803140
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El Al announced today that it will launch its second US west coast starting Q4 2018 – San Francisco airport in California. According to the airline, the flight will be operated by one of its new 787s, starting at 3 flights a week. This route is operated today by United, with 5 flights a week operate...
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