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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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Protecting US planes

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is to integrate an anti-jamming system developed by Israel’s Elbit Systems into a fleet of F-15 jets. Elbit’s Immune Satellite Navigation System fully protects multiple GPS channels against numerous interfering signals, ensuring uninterrupted operation. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-use-anti-jamming-system-israels-elbit-f-15s-2021-06-20/

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Converting 777s

Israel Aerospace Industries is to establish a facility in South Korea to convert Boeing 777 planes from passenger to freight (P2F). There is a high demand for wide-body cargo planes with long-flight capacity. IAI plans to perform six (P2F) conversions … Continue reading

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El Al flight simulator is made wheelchair accessible

In honor of Good Deeds Day, the pilot’s seat of EL AL’s Boeing 737 flight simulator was replaced with a wheelchair. One young woman and three young men from ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran and ADI Jerusalem, each enjoyed 60-minute flight instruction … Continue reading

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Israelis rescued from Peru

Itzik Garber piloted one of 4 El Al planes that flew 16 hours and over 12,000km to Peru to rescue 1,000 Israelis stranded by the coronavirus outbreak. After a 4-hour break on the ground, Captain Garber flew his Boeing 787 … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Airlines plane is named Tel Aviv

The name of one of the new Dreamliner planes ordered by Ethiopian Airlines is “Tel Aviv”. An eagle-eyed plane spotter noticed the name on the aircraft as it left the Boeing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. It was meant to … Continue reading

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Direct flights to/from Chicago

El Al has announced the launch of nonstop flights between Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion and Chicago’s O’Hare Airports from 22nd March 2020. The service will operate three times a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays) flying passengers on a 282-seat Boeing 787 … Continue reading

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Elbit systems to train US pilots

Israel’s Elbit has signed a $500 million contract with the US Air Force. Elbit will supply products, including cockpit displays, for Boeing’s T-X advanced pilot training system, selected by the United States Air Force to replace its old training system. … Continue reading

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Renewing Amazon’s planes

Retail giant Amazon has its own airline called Prime Air, comprising 40 second-hand Boeing 767s. Israel Aerospace Industries has converted 80% of the fleet from passenger planes to cargo planes and the refurbished aircraft are now good for another 20 … Continue reading

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Non-stop to Tokyo

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 … Continue reading

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