Go Back  FlyerTalk Forums > Miles&Points > Airlines and Mileage Programs > EL AL | Matmid
Reload this Page >

Why does LY dedicate ECF for the GRU route?

Register
Community
Wiki Posts
Today's Posts
Search
Vendor Directory

Why does LY dedicate ECF for the GRU route?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old May 3, 2009 | 3:05 am
  #1  
LY777
Original Poster
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Paris, France
Programs: El Al Matmid, Air France Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 2,365
Why does LY dedicate ECF for the GRU route?
I've just read on airliners.net that LY is going to dedicate 4X-ECF for the GRU route. Why GRU? Is the GRU route so important that other LY 777 destinations get mostly the old 777s?
What do you think?
LY777 is offline  
Reply
Old May 3, 2009 | 3:30 am
  #2  
apirchik
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
40 Countries Visited
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Kfar Saba, Israel
Posts: 4,172
A. They have promised in all channels that the route to GRU will get a VOD plane.
B. The rest of the 777 fleet is not that old.
C. The inauguration flight to GRU was done on ECB ...
apirchik is offline  
Reply
Old May 3, 2009 | 4:49 am
  #3  
LY777
Original Poster
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Paris, France
Programs: El Al Matmid, Air France Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 2,365
Originally Posted by apirchik
A. They have promised in all channels that the route to GRU will get a VOD plane.
B. The rest of the 777 fleet is not that old.
C. The inauguration flight to GRU was done on ECB ...
Yes, it is weird that the inauguration flight was operated with ECB lol
Anyway, I still don't get why they favour this route...
My guess is that they will put ECF on this route in the first weeks, and then, they will put any 777...
Anyway, all the 777s will get AVOD from October
LY777 is offline  
Reply
Old May 10, 2009 | 3:29 pm
  #4  
LY777
Original Poster
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Paris, France
Programs: El Al Matmid, Air France Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 2,365
Originally Posted by apirchik
A. They have promised in all channels that the route to GRU will get a VOD plane
They haven't kept their promise: yesterday's flight TLV-GRU wasn't operated with ECE/ECF: ECF was sent to LAX, and ECE came back today from JFK... The flight was operated with ECB
Good for me : I am willing to fly on this a/c when I go back to Israel
Last edited by LY777; May 11, 2009 at 1:45 am
LY777 is offline  
Reply



Advanced Search
Reply Closed Thread Share
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

This site is owned, operated, and maintained by MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks are the property of their respective owners.