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About El Al Israel Airlines
El Al Israel Airlines, Megawallpapers: El Al Israel Airlines (אל על, Hebrew: skywards) is the national airline of Israel. It operates international scheduled passenger flights to Africa, Asia, North America, Europe and the Middle East and is based at Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv. It is known worldwide for having possibly the tightest security requirements of any airline in the entire world. The airline was established on 15 November 1948 and started operations in August 1949 with a service from Tel Aviv to Rome and Paris, extended a year later to London. Non-stop Tel Aviv to New York services were introduced on 15 June 1961, when its Boeing 707 set the world record for the longest non-stop commercial flight covering 5,760 miles in 9 hours, 33 minutes. On 24 May 1991 an El Al Boeing 747 airlifted a record-breaking 1,087 passengers - Ethiopian Jews flying from Addis Ababa to Israel as part of Operation Solomon. In February 1995 El Al finally left the technical receivership it had been operating under since 1982.
The first phase of a long delayed privatisation was initiated in June 2003 when 15% of the airline's shares were listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Arkia Israel Airlines parent company, Knafaim-Arkia Holdings, acquired a large stake in mid-2004 and intends to take complete ownership. The current owners are Knafaim-Arkia Holdings (40%), private investors (30%) and the state (30%). It employs 5,417 staff.
Fleet - The El Al Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2005):
4 Boeing 747-200
5 Boeing 747-400
2 Boeing 737-700
5 Boeing 737-800 (with one more arriving on 27 March 2006)
4 Boeing 777-200 (with two more on order)
6 Boeing 767-200
1 Boeing 767-300
4 Boeing 757-200. ...