Alaska Airlines 737 at TLV?!

Old Feb 23, 2017, 8:21 am
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Alaska Airlines 737 at TLV?!

Sitting on my delayed Arkia flight to Barcelona waiting to push back from our parking spot and an Alaska Airlines 737 just landed at TLV. Any idea what this could be? Freighter conversion at IAI? Charter? I'll link to a photo later when I land.

Nonstops from TLV to Anchorage would be great but I don't think the 737 has the range.
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Old Feb 23, 2017, 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by NYTA
Nonstops from TLV to Anchorage would be great but I don't think the 737 has the range.
That's a bit of an understatement
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Old Feb 23, 2017, 10:18 am
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maybe doing freighter conversion at bedek?
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Old Feb 23, 2017, 10:34 am
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I saw an Alaska 737 parked at a remote stall when I landed on Tuesday afternoon.
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Old Feb 23, 2017, 10:41 am
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I can't begin to imagine sitting in AS tight F seats for such a long flight.
I wonder how many fuel stops it had to make before arriving in TLV (my guess would be 2, one in Canada and the other in KEF or SNN).
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Old Feb 23, 2017, 10:58 am
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AS also have hubs in LAX, PDX and SEA although admittedly all of those are unlikely. AS are retiring some of their 734's so it could be one of those sold to another airline. Or perhaps cargo.
Interestingly, this isn't the first time AS have been to TLV.
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Old Feb 23, 2017, 1:13 pm
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Originally Posted by sds1493
AS also have hubs in LAX, PDX and SEA although admittedly all of those are unlikely. AS are retiring some of their 734's so it could be one of those sold to another airline. Or perhaps cargo.
Interestingly, this isn't the first time AS have been to TLV.
Wow, thank you so much for posting that link! Learned something very interesting today, thanks to you!
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Old Feb 24, 2017, 1:50 am
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AS thread on the 73G conversion:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...irst-look.html
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Old Feb 24, 2017, 3:25 am
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Here's the photo:

http://imgur.com/a/r47sy
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Old Feb 24, 2017, 3:53 am
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Originally Posted by TLVtraveler
I can't begin to imagine sitting in AS tight F seats for such a long flight.
I wonder how many fuel stops it had to make before arriving in TLV (my guess would be 2, one in Canada and the other in KEF or SNN).
2 stops - BGR and LTN
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"Interestingly, this isn't the first time AS have been to TLV."

Thank you so much for the link. I knew maybe 1% of the information it contained. I laughed at how they safely got fuel in Egypt. Maguire, was not only brave and generous, he was very smart and knew how to think fast!
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Originally Posted by Bay Area Blue
2 stops - BGR and LTN
Thanks! very interesting.
Was wondering how you got the information?
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Old Feb 24, 2017, 3:18 pm
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Thanks! very interesting.
Was wondering how you got the information?
Let's just say they've proven to be an excellent resource on FT
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Originally Posted by awayIgo
"Interestingly, this isn't the first time AS have been to TLV."

Thank you so much for the link. I knew maybe 1% of the information it contained. I laughed at how they safely got fuel in Egypt. Maguire, was not only brave and generous, he was very smart and knew how to think fast!
Yes - that was a brilliant maneuver.

Very interesting story indeed.
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Old Mar 1, 2017, 12:12 am
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Originally Posted by sds1493
AS also have hubs in LAX, PDX and SEA although admittedly all of those are unlikely. AS are retiring some of their 734's so it could be one of those sold to another airline. Or perhaps cargo.
Interestingly, this isn't the first time AS have been to TLV.
Also chiming in - really cool!
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