El Al 60% NYC TLV market share; CO 20%
Oct 3, 2004, 8:46 pm
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El Al 60% NYC TLV market share; CO 20%
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/484505.html
According to this article more people are flying El Al between New York and Tel Aviv; LY now controls 60% of the market and Continental 20%.
According to this article more people are flying El Al between New York and Tel Aviv; LY now controls 60% of the market and Continental 20%.
Oct 3, 2004, 9:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Bretteee
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/484505.html
According to this article more people are flying El Al between New York and Tel Aviv; LY now controls 60% of the market and Continental 20%.
According to this article more people are flying El Al between New York and Tel Aviv; LY now controls 60% of the market and Continental 20%.
I flew LY to Israel in 1998. While not terrible, and probably better than many US carriers, it was still far from a world class airline. I hear that it has improved considerably since then though.
Oct 4, 2004, 9:24 am
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Originally Posted by Bretteee
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/484505.html
According to this article more people are flying El Al between New York and Tel Aviv; LY now controls 60% of the market and Continental 20%.
According to this article more people are flying El Al between New York and Tel Aviv; LY now controls 60% of the market and Continental 20%.
LH should take about 5-10% of the overall N. America market from TLV, BA whould take about 3-5%, Air Canada would take around 6-8%. This adds to more than 100%.
Specifically per New York, CO's market share is larger than 20%.
Oct 5, 2004, 6:54 pm
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<<I flew LY to Israel in 1998. While not terrible, and probably better than many US carriers, it was still far from a world class airline. I hear that it has improved considerably since then though.[/QUOTE]>>
I think LY offers excellent service, at least from Europe.
I think LY offers excellent service, at least from Europe.
Oct 6, 2004, 4:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Bretteee
<<I flew LY to Israel in 1998. While not terrible, and probably better than many US carriers, it was still far from a world class airline. I hear that it has improved considerably since then though.
I think LY offers excellent service, at least from Europe.[/QUOTE]
I have heard similar statements, that El Al has improved in recent years. But I haven't flown El Al since 1998, so I have no other perspective. Hence, why I qualified my statement.
Oct 6, 2004, 9:38 pm
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>>I have heard similar statements, that El Al has improved in recent years. But I haven't flown El Al since 1998>>
I know that many bad mouth El Al. I never understood why. I have flown them on average once a year since 1962; 42 years and never had a bad experience. My first flight was on a Boeing 720B from London to New York. My mother took her first LY flight from TLV to Cyprus in 1950 and she won't fly to Israel on any other airline.
I know that many bad mouth El Al. I never understood why. I have flown them on average once a year since 1962; 42 years and never had a bad experience. My first flight was on a Boeing 720B from London to New York. My mother took her first LY flight from TLV to Cyprus in 1950 and she won't fly to Israel on any other airline.