I reported nearly 4 years ago (July 2015) that El Al planned to launch a direct service to Japan’s capital Tokyo. Not sure what the delay was, but a thrice-weekly operation using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner will commence in March 2020 – just in time for the Tokyo Olympics.
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