Nov 2019: retirement of the last El Al Boeing 747 Jumbo jets

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https://simpleflying.com/el-al-final-transatlantic-747/

September 15, 2019

After 48 years and millions of miles flown,
El Al flight number LY008 touched down in Tel Aviv (TLV) at17:38,
local time today, ending all of El Al’s Boeing 747 transatlantic flights.

Boeing 747-400 registration 4X-ELA was delivered to El Al on 27-04-94.

After spending its entire life with the Israeli national flag carrier,
it will now be retired on arrival from New York’s JFK.

Later today, a second El Al 747-400, flight number LY084 will land at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, arriving from Bangkok, Thailand.
This aircraft will also be retired.

El Al 747 registration number 4X-ELD was delivered to the carrier in 1999
and despite a short spell being leased out to TAT Nigeria during 2009/10 has spent its entire life with El Al.

With the two 747s being retired today, this leaves just 4X-ELC in service until it retires in October 2019

Today’s arrival from New York is the one that will touch most Israeli hearts
as it had been flying the TLV-JFK route for 46 years,
having replaced the Boeing 707 on the route.

...much more thru
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October 13, 2019

El Al Schedules Special Flights To Rome For Its Boeing 747-400 Farewell

Earlier this year, we reported that El Al would be retiring its final Boeing 747-400 aircraft.

The airline had three remaining with retirement slated for October 2019.

But El Al is not letting go of these aircraft without a bang.

In September, two of the three aircraft were retired.
That leaves just 4X-ELC left in service. El Al has planned a special departure for its final ever 747-400.

According to FlyingOut,
the airline confirmed that it would be making a final round trip with its 747-400.

The last aircraft that El Al will operate will finish flying on 3rd November.
Its final commercial flight will be on 1st November 2019.

The commercial flight will be between Rome–Fiumicino International Airport and Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

The aircraft will depart from Tel Aviv at 8:05 am on 1st November and arrive into Rome-Fiumicino at 10:30 am.

On 3rd November, the aircraft will return to Tel Aviv where it will be removed from service.

This flight is scheduled to leave Rome at 10 am and arrive in Tel Aviv at 3:45 pm.

https://simpleflying.com/el-al-boeing-7 ... -farewell/