El Al Airline is an Israel based national airline and flag carrier of that country. El Al is one of the safest secured airlines in the world owing to its stringent security measures adopted by this airline at every level.
It has foiled many terror attacks and hijacking attempts offering safe journey to its passengers. El Al operates from its main hub at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, Israel.
This airline provides connection to many international destinations in Asia, Europe, African, North America, South America and Oceana.
El Al passengers are predominantly are Israelis as they face threat from many quarters and feel safe while flying on their own national carrier.
In India, El Al offers many direct flights to Mumbai and Delhi from Israel and is regarded as one of the safest international airlines in India to fly West Asia.
El Al Airline was established in November, 1948, with few leased aircrafts.
The main purpose of creating this airline was to bring the Jews around the world to their home land, Israel.
The inaugural flight ferried their first president, Chaim Weitzman to Israel from Geneva. In August, 1949, El Al began its commercial operations between Tel Aviv and Paris via Rome.
During the same year, it started charted services to the United States, and then made it as scheduled service.
El Al Airline flights connected London in 1950 with direct flight. In the same year, El Al started its cargo services to Europe and various other destinations.
It has created Israel Inland Airline to cater domestic travel and holds 50% of stake in it.
El Al Airline has extensive worldwide network spanning many continents. In North America EL Al flies to various cities in the US, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean.
In Latin America, the airline offers cheap El Al Airline flights to Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela. Its European destinations include cities in UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Austria, Belgium, Belarus and Russia.
El Al Asian destinations include India, China, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Thailand and Japan.
El Al Airline has a modern fleet of 30 aircrafts, mainly consisting of Boeing B737-800, B777-200ER, B747-400, B767-200ER, B737-700 and B767-300ER.
The airline is planning to expand its fleets with four more Boeing 777-200 Dreamliner by 2012.
