how is BOS-TLV doing
Jun 30, 2015, 11:12 am
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Saw this article on jpost..
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/El-...-Boston-407412
"El Al’s CEO and President David Maimon says that expanding its North America operation was of strategic value to his airline"
Highlights:
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/El-...-Boston-407412
"El Al’s CEO and President David Maimon says that expanding its North America operation was of strategic value to his airline"
Highlights:
- To show that the US was as invested in strengthening these ties as Israel, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro was on hand to great the passengers. It was a sign of the “friendship between the US and Israel,” he said.
- The passengers would fly on a Boeing 767, he said, adding that Boeing has had a long history of friendship with Israel and El Al.(so thats why they are flying a 30 year old plane.....
) - Passengers were handed a baseball with the words “Maiden flight to Boston” as they walked through the gate.
- Once on board, stewards and stewardesses handed out champagne.
- El Al’s head of religious services Rabbi Yohanan Hayut held a small Torah scroll and uttered a blessing. He was joined by Rabbi Yitzhak David Grossman. The two also blessed the passengers as they boarded the plane.
Jun 30, 2015, 2:58 pm
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Jun 30, 2015, 4:05 pm
#34
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I wonder what blessing was said. הטוב והמיטב would be most appropriate, but it is fairly novel to apply that to a new airline route. Perhaps he was saying הגפן on the champagne.
Jul 2, 2015, 2:10 am
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I've posted a photo of the BOS 767 C class here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/el-al...ded-763-a.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/el-al...ded-763-a.html
Jul 2, 2015, 12:09 pm
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I've posted a photo of the BOS 767 C class here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/el-al...ded-763-a.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/el-al...ded-763-a.html
looks like an adjusted F seat. Interesting.
Sep 17, 2015, 10:50 am
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Looking at Massport pax numbers from August they just released.
All middle eastern airlines (LY + EK + TK) combined had a 91-92% Load Factor for the month.
I played with the numbers and the worst case scenario is something in the 40% for Load Factor if the other two airlines were 100% but that's probably not case.
All middle eastern airlines (LY + EK + TK) combined had a 91-92% Load Factor for the month.
I played with the numbers and the worst case scenario is something in the 40% for Load Factor if the other two airlines were 100% but that's probably not case.
Sep 17, 2015, 11:14 am
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Looking at Massport pax numbers from August they just released.
All middle eastern airlines (LY + EK + TK) combined had a 91-92% Load Factor for the month.
I played with the numbers and the worst case scenario is something in the 40% for Load Factor if the other two airlines were 100% but that's probably not case.
All middle eastern airlines (LY + EK + TK) combined had a 91-92% Load Factor for the month.
I played with the numbers and the worst case scenario is something in the 40% for Load Factor if the other two airlines were 100% but that's probably not case.
Sep 18, 2015, 12:27 pm
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Question is, are those passengers who would have flown another airline or passengers who would have boarded LY at JFK or EWR?
Sep 18, 2015, 12:42 pm
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Sep 18, 2015, 4:31 pm
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There's a lot of convenient 1-stop competition from BOS with all of the European flights for those that want to break the trip into two shorter flights.
Also did a one-way search for the next two months and the following days are sold out on BOS-TLV.
9/22
9/27
10/4
10/8
For TLV-BOS, the first three dates listed are sold out.
Sep 21, 2015, 4:06 pm
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