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Another Boeing contract for Elbit

Israel’s Elbit Systems unit Cyclone will supply $80 million worth of structural components to Boeing over the next seven years. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000756786&fid=1725

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17 ambulances fly to Israel

Following Oct 7, Israeli NGO Magen David Adom urgently needed new ambulances. They called Yoav Halper who ships ambulances by sea from the USA. On Friday afternoon, a Boeing 747 landed at Ben Gurion Airport containing the first batch of … Continue reading

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200 global companies Stand with Israel

From Accenture to Zoom, including Adidas, American (Airlines, Eagle & Express), Apple, Amazon, Boeing, Chanel, Google, IBM, Intel, Meta, MasterCard, Microsoft, Nasdaq, NFL, Nvidia, Netflix, Oracle, SAP, Siemens, Sony Music, Tesla, UPS, and Walmart. https://som.yale.edu/story/2023/list-companies-have-condemned-hamas-terrorist-attack-israel

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El Al’s new Dreamliner uses sustainable fuel

El Al Israel Airlines’ newest Boeing 787 Dreamliner flew from Boeing’s Seattle factory using 30% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). It is El Al’s first use of SAF, made from sources such as CO2 in the air and emits far less … Continue reading

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El Al to buy its 17th Dreamliner

Israel’s El Al airline is soon to take delivery of two more Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Its 16th will be the 787-8 it ordered prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will also buy a 787-9 originally ordered by another Boeing customer … Continue reading

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Tel Aviv to ban noisy polluting planes

The Israel Airports Authority said it will aim to reduce noise and air pollution at Ben Gurion Airport by banning 4-engine civilian aircraft, including Boeing 747s and other jumbo jets, starting next year. It will only affect cargo planes, as … Continue reading

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Air travel takes off

El Al have reintroduced six Boeing 777-200ER planes to meet rising travel demand this summer. It also plans to begin direct flights to Japan and Australia now that Saudi Arabia has opened its airspace to Israeli airlines. Meanwhile, International flights … Continue reading

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Inaugural Emirates airline flight

The UAE’s largest airline Emirates made its first scheduled passenger flight to the Jewish state. 335 passengers flew from Dubai to Tel Aviv on a Boeing 777 “Gamechanger,” which, according to Emirates, features the world’s only fully enclosed first-class private … Continue reading

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Anniversary of Operation Solomon

During May 24-25, 1991, over 14,000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel in 36 hours aboard 34 Israeli aircraft including Hercules C130s and Boeing 747s. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/ejhist.html https://www.jdc.org/operation-solomon/

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Converting UAE planes

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won a contract from with the Emirates airline to convert at least four of its Boeing B777-300ER passenger planes into cargo carriers at a newly opened facility in Abu Dhabi. (See here for IAI’s previous … Continue reading

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