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El Al Israel Airlines Ltd (TASE: ELAL),[1] trading as El Al (Hebrew: אל על‎, "To The Skies" or "Skywards", Arabic:إل عال‎‎), is the flag carrier of Israel.[2][3] Since its inaugural flight from Geneva to Tel Aviv in September 1948, the airline has grown to serve some 45 destinations, operating scheduled domestic and international services and cargo flights to Europe, North America, Africa and the Near and Far East from its main base in Ben Gurion International Airport.[4] El Al in principle offers only kosher in-flight meals and does not fly passengers on the Jewish Sabbath or religious holidays.[5][6] It is the only commercial airline to equip its planes with missile defense systems, and is considered one of the world's most secure airlines, thanks to its stringent security procedures, both on the ground and on board its aircraft.[7][8] Although it has been the target of many attempted hijackings and terror attacks, only one El Al flight has ever been hijacked.[9][10] As Israel's national airline, El Al has played an important role in humanitarian rescue efforts, airlifting Jews from other countries to Israel, setting the world record for the most passengers on a commercial aircraft (single plane record of 1,122 passengers) by Operation Solomon when 14,500 Jewish refugees were transported from Ethiopia in 1991.[11][12] In 2012, El Al operated an all-Boeing fleet of 38 aircraft, flying over 4 million passengers, and employed a staff of 6,056 globally. The company's revenues for 2011 grew to $2.4 billion, totalling losses of $49.4 million compared to a profit of $57 million in 2010.[13] Contents  [hide]  1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 Expansion in the 1960s 1.3 Late 1960s hijacking attempts 1.4 The 1970s and 1980s 1.5 1990s 1.6 21st century 2 Company affairs and identity 2.1 Headquarters 2.2 Operations 2.3 Business trends 2.4 Subsidiaries 3 Security 3.1 Onboard missile defense systems 3.2 Airport security measures 3.3 Flight security measures 4 Controversies 4.1 Security controversy and passenger profiling 4.2 Excess baggage fee controversy 4.3 Treatment of female passengers 4.4 Other incidents 5 Up 6 Destinations 6.1 Codesharing 7 Fleet 7.1 Current fleet 7.2 Historic fleet 7.3 Livery 8 Services 8.1 Frequent flyer program 8.2 Lounge 9 Accidents and incidents 10 Notable El Al employees 10.1 Pilots 10.2 Flight attendants 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External links History[edit] Early years[edit] An El Al Lockheed Constellation(1951) In September 1948, Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, attended a conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Weizmann was scheduled to fly back to Israel in an Israeli government aircraft, but due to an embargo imposed on Israel at the time, this was not possible. An Israeli C-54 military transport aircraft was instead converted into a civilian plane to transport Weizmann home. The aircraft was painted with the logo of the "El Al/Israel National Aviation Company" and fitted with extra fuel tanks to enable a non-stop flight from Geneva to Israel. It departed from Ekron Air Base on 28 September, and returned to Israel the next day. After the flight, the aircraft was repainted and returned to military use.[14] The airline was incorporated and became Israel's national flag carrier on 15 November 1948, although it used leased aircraft until February 1949, when two unpressurized DC-4s were purchased from American Airlines. The acquisition was funded by the government of Israel, the Jewish Agency, and other Jewish organizations. The first plane arrived at Lod Airport (later renamed Ben Gurion) on 3 April 1949. Aryeh Pincus, a lawyer from South Africa, was elected head of the company. The first international flight, from Tel Aviv to Paris, with a refueling in Rome, took place on 31 July 1949.[14][15] By the end of 1949, the airline had flown passengers to Londonand Johannesburg. A regular service to London was inaugurated in the middle of 1950. Later that year, El Al acquired Universal Airways, which was owned by South African Zionists. A state-run domestic airline, Israel Inland Airlines, was founded in which El Al had a 50% stake.[when?][14] Curtiss Commando freight aircraft of El Al El Al's cargo service was inaugurated in 1950 and initially relied on military surplus Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft. The same aircraft type was used also for passengers transportation in certain routes.[citation needed] The same year the airline initiated charter services to the United States, followed by scheduled flights soon afterwards.[14] From its earliest days the operation of the airline in keeping with Jewish tradition has been a source of friction; when the Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion was forming his first coalition, the religious parties would not join unless Ben-Gurion promised that El Al would serve only kosher food on its flights and would not fly on the Jewish Sabbath.[16] Kurdish Jewish Immigrants from Iraq leaving Lod Airport (1951) Bristol Britannia of El Al at Farnborough Airport in 1957 just before delivery to the airline The airline was involved in several covert operations: In the early 1950s, El Al airlifted over 160,000 immigrants to Israel from India, Iran, Iraq and Yemen as part of Operation Magic Carpet and Operation Ezra and Nehemiah.[17] In 1960, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was captured and flown from Argentina to Israel on an El Al aircraft.[18] In 1955, after using Lockheed Constellations for several years, the airline purchased two Bristol Britannia aircraft. El Al was the second airline in the world to fly this plane, after the British Overseas Airways Corporation. In 1958, El Al ran a newspaper advertisement in the United States featuring a picture of a "shrunken" Atlantic Ocean ("Starting Dec. 23, the Atlantic Ocean will be 20% smaller") to promote its non-stop transatlantic flights.[19] This was a bold step: the airline industry had never used images of the ocean in its advertising because of the widespread public fear of airline crashes. The advertisement, which ran only once, proved effective. Within a year, El Al's sales tripled.[20] Expansion in the 1960s[edit] An El Al Boeing 720 being serviced at London Heathrow Airport in 1964. Despite the purchase of its Britannias and inauguration of non-stop transatlantic flights the airline remained unprofitable.[14][further explanation needed] When Efraim Ben-Arzi took over the company in the late 1950s, the Britannias were replaced in the next decade by the Boeing 707 and Boeing 720 jet airliners. An El Al Boeing 707 at Orly Airport,Paris (1965) The first year that El Al turned a profit was 1960. That year, more than 50 percent of the passengers flying into Israel arrived on El Al flights.[14] On 15 June 1961, the airline set a world record for the longest non-stop commercial flight: an El Al Boeing 707 flew from New York to Tel Aviv, covering 5,760 miles (9,270 km) in 9 hours and 33 minutes.[17] By this time, El Al was carrying 56,000 passengers a year—on a par with Qantas and ahead of established airlines like Loftleiðir. In 1961, El Al ranked 35th in the world in accumulated passenger distance.[21] El Al's success continued into the late 1960s. In 1968, regular flights to Bucharest were inaugurated, and cargo flights began to Europe and the United States. The airline also established a catering subsidiary, Teshet Tourism and Aviation Services Ltd. All these ventures brought in a profit of $2 million that year.[14] Late 1960s hijacking attempts[edit] See also: El Al Flight 426 hijacking In 1968, El Al experienced the first of many acts of terrorism that have been perpetrated against the airline. On 23 July, the only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft took place, when a Boeing 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers was taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine(PFLP). The aircraft, El Al Flight 426, which was en route from Rome to Tel Aviv, was diverted to Algiers by the hijackers. Negotiations with the hijackers lasted for 40 days. Both the hijackers and the passengers, including 21 Israeli hostages, were eventually freed.[22] The hijackers were said to have believed Israeli General Ariel Sharon was on the flight.[23] According to Sarah Levy, it was the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson who saved Sharon's life, by advising him the night before to take a different flight.[24] On 26 December of the same year, two PFLP members attacked an El Al aircraft at Athens International Airport, killing an Israeli mechanic.[25] The Israeli Defense Forces responded to the incident on 29 December, with a night-time raid on Lebanon's Beirut Airport, destroying 14 planes on the ground belonging to Middle East Airlines, Trans Mediterranean Airways and Lebanese International Airways.[26] The military action was responsible for the demise of the LIA, which had most of its fleet destroyed.[citation needed] On 18 February 1969, Palestinians attacked an El Al plane at Zurich Airport killing the copilot and injuring the pilot. One Palestinian attacker was killed and others were convicted but later released. Between September and December of that year, bomb and grenade attacks occurred at El Al offices in Athens, West Berlin, andBrussels.[27] This wave of violence culminated in the failed hijacking of an El Al 707 by Patrick Arguello and Leila Khaled on 6 September 1970, as part of theDawson's Field hijackings.[28] The 1970s and 1980s[edit] Revenue Passenger-Kilometers, scheduled flights only, in millions Year Traffic 1950 50 1955 138 1960 413 1965 1331 1969 2070 1971 3027 1980 4590 1985 6507 1995 11287 2000 14125 Source: ICAO Digest of Statistics for 1950-55, IATA World Air Transport Statistics 1960-2000 An El Al Boeing 707-300B landing at Zürich Airport, Switzerland (1982) An El Al Boeing 767-200 on short final to London Heathrow Airport in 1985 El Al acquired its first Boeing 747 in 1971. Many[who?] felt it was a risky purchase given the high cost of the plane and fear of attacks, but El Al operations flourished after the purchase. Another 747 was delivered in 1973 and was used to start non-stop service from Tel Aviv to New York (707s had flown the eastward nonstop since around 1961). In the mid-1970s El Al began to schedule flights from airports outside of Israel that departed on the Jewish sabbath and landed in Israel after it had finished. The religious parties in the government were in arms over this, being that this was a violation of Jewish law and contrary to the agreement signed in the early days of the state, in which El Al promised to refrain from flying on the sabbath. In 1982 the newly re-elected prime minister Menachem Begin, brought before the Knesset a vote to ban Sabbath flights once again (it passed by a vote of 58 to 54).[29] Outraged, the secular community threatened to boycott the airline. In August 1982 El Al workers blocked Orthodox and Hassidic Jews from entering the airport.[16] In 1977 El Al established a charter subsidiary, El Al Charter Services Ltd., later renamed Sun D'Or International Airlines Ltd. Two years earlier the airline had suffered its first losses since the late 1950s, largely a product of the global recession. The management changed three times towards the end of the 1970s, until Itzhak Shander was named president.[clarification needed] As the political situation in Iran deteriorated, El Al began to airlift Jews to Israel. All the airline's infrastructure in Iran was eventually destroyed.[14] El Al flights to Cairo were inaugurated in April 1980, following the Israel–Egypt Peace Treaty.[17] In late 1982, after a long period of labor disputes and strikes, El Al operations were suspended. The government appointed Amram Blum to run the company, which lost $123.3 million in the fiscal year ending April 1983.[14][clarification needed] The airline also sold its stake in Arkia at this time.[30] Operations resumed in January 1983 under receivership. The government purchased two new Boeing 737 aircraft and announced plans to acquire four Boeing 767 jets at the cost of $200 million. Within four years, El Al was profitable again.[14]It broke another record, since then surpassed, in May 1988 with a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv, a journey of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) in 13 hours and 41 minutes.[17][clarification needed] Flights to Poland and Yugoslavia were inaugurated in 1989.[14] 1990s[edit] In January 1990, North American Airlines began providing feeder services to El Al's US destinations. El Al held a 24.9 percent stake in the airline until selling it back to Dan McKinnon in July 2003. By this time, El Al was operating a fleet of 20 aircraft, including nine Boeing 747s, and had begun replacing its aging Boeing 707s with the Boeing 757. Early that year, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, El Al inaugurated regular flights to Moscow. No airlifts from the former Soviet Union were possible at the time but permission was granted in 1991. Charter flights commenced in August 1991, with immigrants also occupying all available seats on El Al's scheduled routes. In cooperation with Aeroflot, El Al flew more than 400,000 Jewish immigrants to Israel within a three-year period. El Al helped with the airlifting ofEthiopian immigrants from Ethiopiaduring Operation Solomon in 1991. On 24 May 1991, an El Al Boeing 747 cargo plane airlifted a record-breaking 1,087 Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa to Israel in the framework of Operation Solomon. Three babies were born during the flight. The plane carried twice as many passengers as it was designed for.[11] In less than 36 hours, 14,500 Ethiopian Jews were flown to Israel.[12] On 27 April 1994, El Al received its first Boeing 747-400.[14][31] El Al flights were inaugurated to the Far East[when?] and, in 1995, El Al signed its first codesharing agreement with American Airlines.[14] In February 1995, the receivership under which the airline had technically been operating since 1982 came to an end.[32] In June 1996, El Al recorded its first flight from Israel to Amman, Jordan.[17] In 1996, El Al recorded US$83.1 million in losses, due to the resumption of terrorist activities and the government's open skies policy.[14] To keep its planes flying during this period, El Al introduced flights "to nowhere": passengers were offered various kinds of in-flight entertainment as the plane circled the Mediterranean. One-day shopping trips to London and visits to religious sites in eastern Europe were also promoted.[14] In 1997, El Al opened a separate cargo division.[33][clarification needed] 21st century[edit] El Al's first Boeing 777 embarked on its maiden flight in March 2000. Later that year the controversy over flights on Shabbat erupted again, when the airline announced that it was losing US$55 million a year by grounding its planes on Saturdays. After privatization of the company began in June 2003, the policy regarding sabbath flights was expected to change.[16][17] The first phase of the long-delayed privatization of the company commenced in June 2003 and by Israel's Government Companies Authority, headed by Eyal Gabbai. 15 percent of El Al's shares were listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. By June 2004, 50% of the company had been sold to the public. By January 2005, a controlling share of the company had been transferred to Knafaim-Arkia Holdings Ltd.[17] As of October 2014, El Al's major shareholders are Knafaim Holdings (36%), Ginspurg Group (10%) and Delek Group (10%).[34] In August 2010, El Al and American Airlines signed an agreement to provide connecting through tickets between Israel and 61 destinations in the United States from October 2010, via John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.[35] Company affairs and identity[edit] Headquarters[edit] Small El Al aircraft at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petakh Tikva El Al's headquarters are located on the grounds of Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv District, Israel, near Lod. Operations[edit] During 2005, the airline transported 3.5 million passengers, a rise from 3.2 million in 2004 and 2.8 million in 2003.[36] 60% of the airline's passengers are Israeli.[37] In 2006, El Al posted a $44.6 million loss on revenues of $1.665 billion.[38] The company is facing four lawsuits, two of which have been approved as class actions, which could cost the company $176.2 million.[when?][39] El Al spends $100 million a year to conform with the airline security measures required by Israel's Shin Betsecurity service.[40] In early 2007, El Al opened a new King David Lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. New lounges at Heathrow airport in London and JFK International airport in New York had also opened in late 2007.[41] In 2007, El Al invested NIS 1 billion in the purchase of two new Boeing 777-200s that included an updated El Al decal. The aircraft are fitted with upgraded seats with adjustable headrests and legrests. Each seat is equipped with a touch-screen entertainment system. The first aircraft, named "Sderot", completed its maiden flight from New York to Tel Aviv on 26 July 2007. The second, "Kiryat Shmona", was delivered at the end of August 2007.[42] After the United States Federal Aviation Administration downgraded Israel's aviation safety rating to 2 in February 2009, an IATA member has warned El Al, as well as competing airlines Arkia and Israir, that they may appear on the European blacklist of banned carriers. Giora Romm, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel, responded to the claim, stating: "We are in close contact with the Europeans," He added, "I don't know what the fuss is about. The Europeans' e-mail is strange. We are doing everything we can to improve security." The European Union has yet to make an official statement on the matter.[43] El Al uses the Amadeus CRS system for reservation, inventory, check-in and online bookings.[44] In November 2012, the United States FAA restored Israel's category 1 rating.[45] El Al has a cargo branch, El Al Cargo, which became independent in 1997. As the national cargo airline of Israel, it operates to destinations in Asia, Europe and North America plus ad hoc worldwide charters with its two Boeing 747-200F aircraft. Before 2001, when the Israeli air cargo market opened up to competition, El Al Cargo enjoyed a monopoly. Now its main competition comes from CAL Cargo Air Lines.[14] As of 2011, the company employs a staff of 6,056 globally and has a fleet of 37 aircraft. The company's revenues for 2011 grew by 4% from 2010 to $2.4 billion, totalling losses of $49.4 million compared to a profit of $57 million in 2010.[13] El Al has Hebrew language voiceovers and Arabic language subtitles in its flight safety videos. And after the first video is finished another video comes on in English[46] Business trends[edit] The key trends for El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. are shown below (as at year ending 31 December):[47] Currency in Millions of US Dollars 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Operating revenues 2.096,3 1.655,8 1.971,4 2.042,6 2.015,6 2.103,0 2.081,3 2.054,0 100,0% Passenger aircraft, operation revenue 1.832,0 1.489,5 1.764,5 1.829,5 1.827,9 1.920,3 1.910,6 1.865,3 90,8% Cargo aircraft, operation revenue 139,5 58,3 87,5 99,4 80,4 70,4 69,9 71,4 3,5% Other revenue and Adjustments revenue 124,9 108,0 119,4 113,7 107,3 112,4 100,8 117,4 5,7% Operating expenses 1.776,3 1.444,3 1.584,6 1.764,9 1.701,9 1.737,1 1.802,7 1.592,8 77,5% Gross Profit 320,0 211,6 386,9 277,7 313,7 335,9 278,6 461,2 22,5% Selling, Administrative, General and Others expenses/revenues -325,7 -286,6 -299,6 -321,6 -301,6 -310,6 -291,4 -291,4 -14,2% Operating profit/loss -5,7 -75,0 87,3 -43,9 12,1 64,3 -12,8 169,8 8,3% Financing expenses/income, net -44,6 -26,3 -25,1 0,3 -37,0 -25,4 -26,6 -26,0 Share of the profits of subsidiaries, net of tax 0,5 0,4 0,0 1,4 1,4 0,3 1,1 0,8 Profit/loss before tax -49,7 -100,8 62,2 -42,2 -23,4 39,2 -38,3 144,6 7,0% Profit/loss after tax -41,9 -76,3 56,5 -49,8 -18,2 26,7 -28,1 106,5 5,2% Subsidiaries[edit] Sun D'Or[edit] The charter operations of the Group is carried out through Sun D'Or, a company fully owned by El Al. Sun D'Or operates as a tourist organizer for wholesalers and individuals and markets charter and scheduled flights, both by means of leasing full aircraft capacity to third parties, or aircraft parts' capacity to a number of partners for pre-negotiated prices, or by direct sales. Starting from 2011, Sun D'Or operates as a tourist organizer, while maintaining the "Sun D'Or" brand for scheduled and charter flights marketed by Sun D'Or and operated by it (on weekdays) or by other airlines (on weekend and holiday flights). Tamam[edit] Tamam (a company fully owned by El Al) is mainly engaged in the production and supply of kosher ready meals to airline companies. Katit[edit] Katit (a company fully owned by El Al) is mainly engaged in the production and supply of meals to the Company's employees. Borenstein Caterers[edit] The main business of Borenstein, a company (fully owned by El Al) registered in the U.S. and operates at the New York JFK airport, is the production and supply of kosher ready meals to airlines and other institutions. Superstar Holidays[edit] Superstar (a company fully owned by El Al) is a tourist wholesaler that markets tourist package deals to travel agents and passengers, and sells airline tickets at discounted prices for flights on the Company's routes. Security[edit] As a prime target for terrorism, El Al employs stringent security procedures, both on the ground and on board its aircraft. These effective, though time-consuming and discriminatory, procedures have won El Al's security reputation.[10] In 2008, the airline was named by Global Traveler magazine as the world's most secure airline.[7] Onboard missile defense systems[edit] El Al planes have been fitted with anti-missile counter-measures since the early 2000s, with the initial system known as Flight Guard.[48][49][50][51] Since the early 2000s (decade), El Al has been the only commercial airliner to fit its planes with systems to defend against anti-aircraft missiles. In 2014, El Al began to fit some of its planes that fly on more sensitive routes with an updated system missile defense system that employs an infrared missile-tracking camera, an “infrared (IR), ultra-violet (UV), or radar missile-approach warning (MAWS) sensor to detect a missile launch in the very early stages of an attack” and a laser system to act as a counter-measure.[52] In November 2014, under the Israeli government's SkyShield programme, Elbit's Commercial Multi-Spectral Infrared Countermeasures (C-MUSIC) system was adopted by El Al. "C-MUSIC is one of the biggest and most complex projects ever undertaken at Elbit and in Israel".[53] Airport security measures[edit] At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, plainclothes agents and fully armed police or military personnel patrol the premises for explosives, suspicious behavior, and other threats. Armed security personnel also patrol El Al terminals overseas. Inside the terminal, passengers and their baggage are checked by a trained team. El Al security procedures require that all passengers be interviewed individually prior to boarding, allowing El Al staff to identify possible security threats. Passengers are asked questions about their place of origin, the reason for their trip, their job or occupation, and whether they have packed their bags themselves. El Al believes interviewers can spot signs of nervousness.[54] At the check-in counter, passengers' passports and tickets are closely examined. A ticket without a sticker from the security checkers will not be accepted. At passport control passengers' names are checked against information from the FBI, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Scotland Yard, Shin Bet, andInterpol databases. Luggage is screened and sometimes hand searched. In addition, bags are put through a decompression chamber simulating pressures during flight that could trigger explosives.[55] Even at overseas airports, El Al security agents conduct all luggage searches personally, even if they are supervised by government or private security firms.[56] Flight security measures[edit] Undercover agents (sometimes referred to as sky marshals) carrying concealed firearms sit among the passengers on every international El Al flight.[57] Most El Al pilots are former Israeli Air Force pilots.[58][note 1] The cockpits in all El Al aircraft have double doors to prevent entry by unauthorized persons. A code is required to access the doors, and the second door will only be opened after the first has closed and the person has been identified by the captain or first officer.[58] Furthermore, there are reinforced steel floors separating the passenger cabin from the baggage hold.[59] In April 2013, the Israeli government increased payments to El Al to secure 97.5% of the airlines' security costs, ahead of the Open Skies agreement to take effect in 2014 with the European Union.[60] Controversies[edit] Security controversy and passenger profiling[edit] The airline was also criticized by the Hungarian courts for refusing to search luggage with the passenger present, acting against Hungarian domestic laws stipulating that only authorized officials are able to undertake such searches.[61] A civil case was brought to the Supreme Court of Israel on 19 March 2008 alleging that El Al's practice of ethnic profiling singles out Arab passengers for tougher treatment.[62] Excess baggage fee controversy[edit] The Israeli president Shimon Peres, opted at the last minute to change his flight from El Al to Air Canada during a state visit, because El Al tried to charge the president a $5,000 excess baggage fee for an oxygen tank. According to protocol, it is mandatory for an oxygen tank and other medical equipment to be on board an aircraft whenever an Israeli president or prime minister flies abroad.[63] Treatment of female passengers[edit] In September 2014 it was reported that there have been repeated incidents where ultra-Orthodox passengers refused to sit next to women passengers, sometimes delaying flights for hours. As result, a petition was initiated with Change.org to pressure El Al to alter their policy of allowing ultra-Orthodox passengers on flights to negotiate switching seats. The petition reads: "Why does El Al Airlines permit female passengers to be bullied, harassed, and intimidated into switching seats which they rightfully paid for and were assigned to by El Al Airlines? One person's religious rights do not trump another person's civil rights."[64][65][66] Following the incidents, Iris Richman, founder of Jewish Voices Together, a group created to address issues of religious pluralism in Israel and the U.S., encouraged passengers to protest this behavior through the US government, referencing "49 U.S. Code § 40127 – Prohibitions on discrimination: Persons in Air Transportation." According to this directive, she wrote, "An air carrier or foreign air carrier may not subject a person in air transportation to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex or ancestry." Richman contacted the U.S. Department of Transportation, Aviation Consumer Protection Division, and stated the department "is willing to investigate any situation where any employee of a carrier – i.e. a steward/ess – participated in asking someone to change a seat because of their gender."[67] El Al said that it would not put a policy in place to handle situations where male Haredim refuse to sit next to female passengers, but would instead attempt to satisfy passengers involved in such incidents on a case by case basis.[68] In February 2016, an Israeli woman named Renee Rabinowitz filed a lawsuit against El Al after being involved in an incident where an ultra-Orthodox man refused to sit next to her on a flight from Newark International Airport to Tel Aviv and the flight attendants asked her to move seats.[69][70] Other incidents[edit] In 2013, the media reported that an El Al flight unprecedentedly returned to the gate to retrieve an 11-year-old cancer patient, Inbar Chomsky, who was removed from the flight after she misplaced her passport. Just before takeoff, her passport was found in another passenger's backpack, and the crew began to negotiate for the plane to return and pick up the distressed young traveler on her way to a summer camp for children with serious illnesses. El Al released a statement noting that "planes rarely return to the gate after departing...but when the passport was found on the plane...a decision was made and the plane returned to pick up Inbar.”[71] Up[edit] Main article: Up (airline) On 26 November 2013, El Al unveiled its new low cost airline Up,[72][73] which commenced operations on 30 March 2014, initially to Berlin, Budapest, Kiev, Larnacaand Prague[73] using five Boeing 737-800s transferred from El Al fleet.[73] In August 2014, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary foreshadowed the development of aRyanair Israel, connecting Israel with cities across Europe. He said an inhibiting factor in the plan was Israeli authorities protectiveness of El Al from competition. The CEO of Up wishes to recreate the airline business world.[74] Destinations[edit] Main article: El Al destinations El Al destinations.   Israel   El Al destinations   Cargo only destinations   Codeshare only destinations El Al serves destinations on five continents with a well-developed European network that also takes in important cities inRussia, the Baltic region and CIS member states. The airline serves a number of gateway cities in North America and has expanded its service to cover central and southeast Asia (Bangkok, Mumbai) and the Far East (Beijing and Hong Kong). However, El Al's inability to overfly Saudi Arabian airspace, along with that of several other Arab countries, has reduced their ability to further expand their route network in Asia. It also offers services to Johannesburg in South Africa.[75][76] El Al also operated domestic flights to Eilat for a while, ending them in October 2013.[77] Codesharing[edit] El Al has codeshare agreements with the following airlines as of January 2015.[78] Air China Air Serbia[79] American Airlines Czech Airlines Ethiopian Airlines Iberia JetBlue S7 Airlines[80] Swiss International Air Lines Thai Airways Vietnam Airlines [81] Fleet[edit] This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2016) Current fleet[edit] An El Al Boeing 737-800 on short final to Schiphol Airport in 2012 An El Al Boeing 777-200ER at Don Muang International Airport in 2005 El Al has an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:[82] El Al Fleet Aircraft In Service Orders Option Passengers Notes F C Y Total Boeing 737-800 10 – – – 16 126 142 4 – 36 144 180 Operated for subsidiary Up 1 – – 189 189 Operated for subsidiary Sun d'Or Boeing 737-900ER 8 – – – 16 156 172 Boeing 747-400 6 – – 12 49 348 409 To be replaced with Boeing 787s by 2020 Boeing 767-300ER 7 – – – 16 211 227 To be replaced with Boeing 787s by 2020 Boeing 777-200ER 6 – – 12 35 232 279 Boeing 787-8 – 7 – TBA 5 purchase and 2 leased (for a period of 12 years) Boeing 787-9 – 8 – TBA 4 purchase and 4 leased (for a period of 12 years) Boeing 787-10 – – 7(+6) TBA For each option that is firmed up, one more will be allocated resulting in the potential for six more B787-10s El Al Cargo Fleet Boeing 747-400F 1 – – — Total 43 15 13 El Al's Boeing customer code is 58. That is, a 777-200ER built for El Al will have the model name of 777-258ER.[83][84] Historic fleet[edit] A former El Al Boeing 767-200ER A former El Al Boeing 747-200B On November 26, 2012, El Al retired its last Boeing 757-200 after 25 years of service.[85] The last Boeing 767-200ER in the fleet was retired on September 22, 2013 while the last Boeing 737-700 was phased out on May 10, 2016.[86] Fleet History[citation needed] Aircraft Introduced Retired Boeing 707-300C 1965 1992 Boeing 720B 1962 1980 Boeing 737-200 1981 2000 Boeing 737-700 1999 2016 Boeing 747-100 1977 1988 Boeing 747-200B 1971 2001 Boeing 747-200C 1975 2006 Boeing 747-200F 1979 2012 Boeing 757-200 1987 2012 Boeing 767-200 1982 2012 Boeing 767-200ER 1984 2013 Bristol Type 175 Britannia 1960s 1960s Lockheed Constellation 1951 1960s Douglas DC-4 1949 1967 Curtiss C-46 1940s 1950s McDonnell Douglas MD-11 1998 2000 Livery[edit] El Al's historic, superseded livery featured a turquoise/navy blue stripe down the side of the aircraft, and a turquoise tailfin with the flag of Israel at the top. El Al's logo was featured above the front run of windows on each side of the plane in the turquoise/navy scheme.[87] The new livery features a blue stripe with a thick silver border on the bottom that sweeps across the side of the aircraft near the wing, disappears over the top of the plane and reappears at the bottom of the tailfin. The El Al logo is part of the design, although it has been changed slightly since then. Most of El Al's aircraft are named for Israeli cities, such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Bet Shemesh, Nazeret, Haifa, and others. The cities names are located near the nose of the plane beneath the cockpit windows[88][further explanation needed] Services[edit] El Al Economy class in-flight vegan meal El Al Economy class in a Boeing 757-200 Frequent flyer program[edit] Matmid is El Al's present frequent flyer program. King David club cards (red) were issued 1991. It was re-launched in 2004 following the merger of El Al's previous frequent flyer programs. It has five tiers: Matmid, Matmid Silver, Matmid Gold, Matmid Platinum and Matmid TOP Platinum. Points accumulated in the program entitle members to bonus tickets, flight upgrades, and discounts on car rentals, hotel stays, and other products and services. Points are also awarded for travel with partner airlines, as well as for nights at partner hotels and for credit card purchases.[89] Matmid points can be collected on most flights operated by South African Airways, Sun D'Or, Qantas and limited Aeroméxico flights[90] Points are accumulated for any fares (ex. promotions), and points age—i.e. lose their validity after three years. To join Matmid, a one-time fee must be paid. Lounge[edit] The King David Lounge is the name adopted by El Al for special airport lounges that serve the airline's premium class passengers. There are six King David Lounges worldwide at the key airports at Ben Gurion International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Newark Liberty International Airport, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, London Heathrow Airport and Los Angeles International Airport.[91] All King David Lounges offer drinks, snacks, newspapers and magazines (Israeli and foreign), while some lounges also offer free Wi-Fi internet access. The King David Lounge at Terminal 3 at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion airport is equipped with telephone, shower facilities and a spa; it has a separate section for first-class passengers.[92] Accidents and incidents[edit] Monument for the Bijlmer disaster, Amsterdam of 4 October 1992. The monument was designed by architect Herman Hertzberger together with survivors. On 24 November 1951, a DC-4 on a cargo flight from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam crashed on approach to Zürich Airport, killing 6 crew members.[93][further explanation needed] On 27 July 1955, a Lockheed Constellation operating El Al Flight 402, was shot down by two Bulgarian Air Force fighter jets over Blagoevgrad, near Sofia, Bulgaria, after it strayed into Bulgarian airspace in rough weather. All 58 passengers and crew were killed.[94][95][96] On 23 July 1968, El Al Flight 426 operated by a Boeing 707-358C en route from London to Tel Aviv via Rome, was hijacked by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine shortly after take-off from Rome-Fiumicinoairport and forcibly diverted to Algiers. The hijacking ended after 40 days and is considered to be the only successful hijacking involving an El Al jet. In February, 1969, an El Al Boeing 707 was attacked at Zürich airport. An Israeli trainee pilot was killed, with another eight people being wounded. In a firefight involving security personnel, one hijacker was killed, while the others were arrested. The hijackers were later put on trial in Winterthur, Switzerland but released following the hijacking of a Swissair aircraft one year later.[97] On September 6, 1970, El Al Flight 219 from Tel Aviv to New York, with a stopover in Amsterdam, was the target of an attempted hijacking by Leila Khaled and Patrick Argüello after taking off from Amsterdam. The hijacking was meant to be one of the Dawson's Field hijackings, but it was thwarted by the pilot and on-board air marshall. Argüello was killed in this incident.[98] On January 13, 1975, several men, including Carlos the Jackal, made an unsuccessful attempt to destroy an El Al airliner at Orly Airport. The men tried again on January 17, also without success.[99][100] On 27 December 1985, after several failed attempts to attack El Al aircraft, guerrillas of the Fatah Revolutionary Council attacked El Al ticket counters at Rome-Fiumicino and Vienna-Schwechat airports, killing 18 people.[25] Another terrorist attack was foiled on 18 April 1986 in what became known as the Hindawi Affair. A pregnant Irishwoman named Anne-Marie Murphy was about to board an El Al flight at London's Heathrow airport when her bag was found to contain three pounds of plastic explosives. These had been planted by her fiancéNezar Hindawi, who was booked on a different flight. Hindawi was jailed for 45 years, the longest sentence (short of a life setence) ever delivered by a British court.[101] There was evidence that Syrian officials were involved and as a result, Britain cut off diplomatic relations with Syria.[102] On 4 October 1992, El Al Flight 1862 operated by a Boeing 747-200F cargo plane, crashed into two highrise apartment buildings (Kruitberg and Groeneveen) inBijlmermeer, a neighborhood of Amsterdam. The crash was caused by an engine detaching from the aircraft, knocking a second engine off the aircraft as well. The three crew members, one passenger, and 39 people on the ground were killed.[103] On 4 July 2002, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet shot six Israelis at El Al's ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport before he was shot and killed by an El Al security guard.[104] Two of the victims died. Although not linked to any terrorist group, Hadayet, an Egyptian, espoused anti-Israeli views and was opposed to US policy in the Middle East.[105] The US Federal Bureau of Investigation classified the shooting as a terrorist act, one of the few on US soil since the September 11, 2001 attacks. On 17 November 2002, Tawfiq Fukra, a twenty-three-year-old Israeli Arab, attempted to hijack an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul. He was reportedly armed with a pocket knife, and attempted to break into the cockpit in order to fly the aircraft back to Israel and crash it into a building. He was apprehended by on-board security personnel.[106][107][108] Notable El Al employees[edit] El Al flight attendant in the 1950s Pilots[edit] Pinchas Ben-Porat - Palmach Member, one of Israel's first aviators Giora Epstein - Israeli Air Force pilot, flying ace Eliezer Cohen - politician Yoav Kish - politician Abie Nathan - humanitarian and peace activist Flight attendants[edit] Gali Atari - singer and actress Miki Haimovich - anchorwoman, television presenter Adir Miller - actor, Screenwriter and comedian Sara Netanyahu - wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Alma Zack - actress  The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") was a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation between 1943 and 1958 at Burbank, California. Lockheed built 856 in numerous models—all with the same triple-tail design and dolphin-shaped fuselage. Most were powered by four 18-cylinder Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclones. The Constellation was used as a civil airliner and as a military and civilian air transport, seeing service in the Berlin and the Biafran airlifts. Three of them served as the presidential aircraft for Dwight D. Eisenhower. Contents  [hide]  1 Design and development 1.1 Initial studies 1.2 Development of the Constellation 2 Operational history 2.1 World War II 2.2 Postwar use 2.3 Records 2.4 Obsolescence 3 Variants 4 Operators 5 Surviving aircraft 5.1 Commercial 5.2 Military 6 Specifications (L-1049G Super Constellation) 7 Accidents and incidents 8 See also 9 References 9.1 Notes 9.2 Bibliography 10 External links Design and development[edit] Initial studies[edit] Lockheed had been working on the L-044 Excalibur, a four-engine, pressurized airliner, since 1937. In 1939,Trans World Airlines, at the instigation of major stockholder Howard Hughes, requested a 40-passenger transcontinental airliner with a range of 3,500 mi (5,630 km)[1]—well beyond the capabilities of the Excalibur design. TWA's requirements led to the L-049 Constellation, designed by Lockheed engineers including Kelly Johnson and Hall Hibbard.[2] Willis Hawkins, another Lockheed engineer, maintains that the Excalibur program was purely a cover for the Constellation.[3] A preserved C-121C Super Constellation, registration N73544, in flight in 2004 Development of the Constellation[edit] The Constellation's wing design was close to that of the P-38 Lightning, differing mostly in size.[4] The triple tail kept the aircraft's height low enough to fit in existing hangars,[3] while features included hydraulically boosted controls and a de-icing system used on wing and tail leading edges.[1] The aircraft had a maximum speed of over 375 mph (600 km/h), faster than that of a Japanese Zero fighter, a cruise speed of 340 mph (550 km/h), and a service ceiling of 24,000 ft (7,300 m).[5] According to Anthony Sampson in Empires of the Sky, Lockheed may have undertaken the intricate design, but Hughes' intercession in the design process drove the concept, shape, capabilities, appearance, and ethos.[6] These rumors were discredited by Johnson. Howard Hughes and Jack Frye confirmed that the rumors were not true in a letter in November 1941.[7] The famous 1953-54 Studebaker coupe, considered by some one of the most beautiful American automobile designs, was inspired in part by the design of the Constellation, according to its principal designer, Robert Bourke.[citation needed] Operational history[edit] World War II[edit] The first Lockheed Constellation on January 9, 1943 With the onset of World War II, the TWA aircraft entering production were converted to an order for C-69 Constellationmilitary transport aircraft, with 202 aircraft intended for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). The first prototype (civil registration NX25600) flew on January 9, 1943, a short ferry hop from Burbank to Muroc Field for testing.[1] Edmund T. "Eddie" Allen, on loan from Boeing, flew left seat, with Lockheed's own Milo Burcham as copilot. Rudy Thoren and Kelly Johnson were also on board. Lockheed proposed the model L-249 as a long-range bomber. It received the military designation XB-30, but the aircraft was not developed. A plan for a very long-range troop transport, the C-69B (L-349, ordered by Pan Am in 1940 as the L-149),[8]was canceled. A single C-69C (L-549), a 43-seat VIP transport, was built in 1945 at the Lockheed-Burbank plant. The C-69 was mostly used as a high-speed, long-distance troop transport during the war.[9] A total of 22 C-69s were completed before the end of hostilities, but not all of these entered military service. The USAAF cancelled the remainder of the order in 1945. However, some aircraft remained in USAF service into the 1960s, serving as passenger ferries for the airline that relocated military personnel, and carrying the livery of the Military Air Transport System. At least one of these airplanes had passenger seats installed backward, with occupants facing toward the rear of the direction of travel during flight. Postwar use[edit] TWA L-749A Constellation atHeathrow in 1954 with an under fuselage "Speedpack" freight container Super Constellation (C-121C) during pilot training in Epinal - Mirecourt, France After World War II, the Constellation came into its own as a fast civilian airliner. Aircraft already in production for the USAAF as C-69 transports were finished as civilian airliners, with TWA receiving the first on 1 October 1945. TWA's first transatlantic proving flight departed Washington, DC, on December 3, 1945, arriving in Paris on December 4 via Gander and Shannon.[1] TWA transatlantic service started on February 6, 1946 with a New York-Paris flight in a Constellation. On June 17, 1947,Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) opened the first-ever scheduled round-the-world service with their L-749 Clipper America. The famous flight "Pan Am 1" operated until 1982. As the first pressurized airliner in widespread use, the Constellation helped to usher in affordable and comfortable air travel. Operators of Constellations included TWA, Eastern Air Lines, Pan Am, Air France, BOAC, KLM, Qantas, Lufthansa, Iberia Airlines, Panair do Brasil, TAP Portugal, Trans-Canada Air Lines (later renamed Air Canada), Aer Lingus, VARIG, Cubana de Aviación, and Línea Aeropostal Venezolana. Records[edit] Sleek and powerful, Constellations set a number of records. On April 17, 1944, the second production C-69, piloted by Howard Hughes and TWA president Jack Frye, flew from Burbank, California, to Washington, DC, in 6 hours and 57 minutes (about 2,300 miles (3,700 km) at an average 331 miles per hour (533 km/h)). On the return trip, the aircraft stopped atWright Field to give Orville Wright his last flight, more than 40 years after his historic first flight. He commented that the Constellation's wingspan was longer than the distance of his first flight.[2] On September 29, 1957, a TWA L-1649A flew from Los Angeles to London in 18 hours and 32 minutes (about 5,420 miles (8,720 km) at 292 miles per hour (470 km/h)). The L-1649A holds the record for the longest-duration, non-stop passenger flight aboard a piston-powered airliner. On TWA's first London-to-San Francisco flight on October 1–2, 1957, the aircraft stayed aloft for 23 hours and 19 minutes (about 5,350 miles (8,610 km) at 229 miles per hour (369 km/h)). Obsolescence[edit] L-1049H freighter of NordairCanada at Manchester Airport in 1966 The advent of jet airliners such as the de Havilland Comet, Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8, Convair 880, and Sud Aviation Caravelle rendered the piston-engined Constellation obsolete. The first routes lost to jets were the long overseas routes, but Constellations continued to fly domestic routes. The last scheduled passenger flight in the lower 48 states was made by a TWA L749 on May 11, 1967, from Philadelphia to Kansas City, Missouri.[10] Constellations carried freight in later years, and were used on backup sections of Eastern Airlines' shuttle service between New York, Washington, and Boston until 1968. Many old propeller airliners were used on overnight freight runs, even into the 1990s, as their low speed was not an impediment. An Eastern Constellation to date still holds the record for a New York to Washington flight from liftoff to touchdown in just over 30 minutes. The record was set prior to speed restrictions by the FAA below 10,000 ft.[11] One of the reasons for the elegant appearance of the aircraft was the fuselage shape—a continuously variable profile with no two bulkheads the same shape. Unfortunately, this construction was very expensive and was replaced by mostly tube-shaped modern airliners. The tube is more resistant to pressurization changes and cheaper to build. With the shutdown of Constellation production, Lockheed elected not to develop a first-generation jetliner, instead sticking to its lucrative military business and production of the modest turboprop-powered Lockheed L-188 Electra airliner. Lockheed did not build a large civilian passenger aircraft again until its L-1011 Tristardebuted in 1972. While a technological marvel, the L-1011 was a commercial failure, and Lockheed left the commercial airliner business permanently in 1983.[12] Variants[edit] Main article: Lockheed Constellation variants Super Constellation at Charles Prince Airport, Rhodesia (nowZimbabwe) in 1975, used as a flying club headquarters A United States Navy R7V-2 (L-1249) in flight: The L-1249 used Pratt & Whitney T34 turboprop engines in place of the Wright R-3350 radials.[13] The initial military versions carried the Lockheed designation of L-049; as World War II came to a close, some were completed as civilian L-049 Constellations followed by the L-149 (L-049 modified to carry more fuel tanks). The first purpose-built passenger Constellation was the more powerful L-649 and L-749 (which had more fuel in the outer wings),[8][page needed] L-849 (an unbuilt model to use the R-3350 TurboCompound engines adopted for the L-1049 ), L-949(an unbuilt, high-density seating-cum-freighter type, what would come to be called a "combi"),[8] followed by the L-1049 Super Constellation (with longer fuselage), L-1149 (proposal to use Allison turbine engines)[8] and L-1249 (similar to L-1149, built as R7V-2/YC-121F),[8] L-1449 (unbuilt proposal for L1049G, stretched 55 in (140 cm), with new wing and turbines)[8] and L-1549 (unbuilt project to stretch L-1449 95 in (240 cm)),[8] and L-1649 Starliner (all new wing and L1049G fuselage).[8] Military versions included the C-69 and C-121 for the Army Air Forces/Air Force and the R7O R7V-1 (L-1049B)EC-121 WV-1 (L-749A) WV-2 (L-1049B) (widely known as the Willie Victor) and many variant EC-121 designations for theNavy [14][15] Operators[edit] See also: List of Lockheed Constellation operators After TWA's initial order was filled following World War II, customers rapidly accumulated, with over 800 aircraft built. In military service, the U.S. Navy and Air Force operated the EC-121 Warning Star variant until 1978, nearly 40 years after work on the L-049 began. Cubana de Aviación was the first airline in Latin America to operate Super Constellations.Pakistan International Airlines was the first airline from an Asian country to fly the Super Constellation. Surviving aircraft[edit] The Breitling Super Constellation from the Swiss Super Constellation Flyers Association: It is the last Super Constellation in flying condition in Europe. An abandoned Constellation display in Florida (1970s) HARS Super Connie atWollongong, 2004 Lockheed L-1049 G Super Constellation on display close toMunich International Airport Commercial[edit] The Breitling Super Constellation: Swiss watch manufacturer Breitling sponsored a restoration of a C-121C Super Constellation, registration N73544, that is based in Basel and has since been featured in its advertisements. This plane is now registered in the Swiss Aircraft registry as HB-RSC.[16] The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society secured and restored a former USAF C-121C Super Constellation (54-0157). The aircraft was subsequently painted in pseudo-Qantas livery (with the usual Qantas lettering along the fuselage replaced with the word "CONNIE") and registered in Australia as VH-EAG. The aircraft is currently based in Wollongong. This Constellation is one of two flying in the world.[17] An L-1049H Constellation that was built originally in 1957, stored for several years, and then delivered to cargo carrier Slick Airways was restored in 1986 by the Save-a-Connie, Inc. organization in Kansas City, Missouri, now known as theAirline History Museum. Originally painted in red and white with Save-a-Connie, it was later repainted in the 1950s livery of TWA to resemble its original Star of America Constellation.[18] The aircraft appeared at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at the original TWA terminal designed by Eero Saarinen to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the airline with the paint scheme donated by TWA in Kansas City for the occasion. The Star of America has appeared at many airshows and was even used in The Aviator, the 2004 film depicting the life of TWA's one-time owner Howard Hughes, the man often credited with helping design and develop the original Constellation series.[19] After being grounded for the past few years, Star of America is currently being returned to airworthiness. An L-1049G Super Constellation in Lufthansa livery and with historic D-ALEM call letters is on display close to Munich International Airport, Munich, Germany, representing Lufthansa's first long-haul aircraft of 1955.[20] One Super Constellation named City of Miami is parked on an unused runway in the Rafael Hernández Airport inAguadilla, Puerto Rico. It was struck by a runaway DC-4 at Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport, on February 3, 1992, resulting in damage to the right wing and main spar.[21] ZS-DVJ c/n 1042 (L-1649A) of Trek Airways is on display at OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa at the South African Airways Technical area. The aircraft is owned by the South African Airways Museum Society.[22] L-749A restored at Aviodrome The Dutch National Aviation Museum Aviodrome acquired a VC-121A Constellation. It was restored to airworthy condition and ferried from Tucson, Arizona, to the Netherlands, where restoration continued. It is now painted in the KLMlivery of the 1950s, depicting a KLM Lockheed L-749A. Thanks to a donation by Korean Air, which donated two airworthy engines, this aircraft is scheduled to be flying again. Renamed Flevoland, this is the only flying example of the "short" version of the Constellation. HL4003 of the former Korean National Airlines is displayed at Jeongseok Airport on Jeju Island, South Korea. The current owner, Korean Air, keeps this aircraft in an airworthy state, and the aircraft flew under its own power from Seoul to its current location.[23] N7777G is displayed in TWA colors (although this aircraft never flew for TWA) at the Large Item Storage facility for the UK Science Museum at Wroughton, near Swindon. This aircraft was used by the Rolling Stones to transport equipment during their 1973 Australian tour.[24] It is the only UK Constellation and is viewable on certain open days.[25] L-049 c/n 2072, federal registration N9412H (delivered as Air France's first Constellation in June 1946 as L-049 F-BAZA) is parked adjacent to a flight school and cafe at Greenwood Lake Airport in West Milford, New Jersey. It was sold to Frank Lembo Enterprises in May 1976 for $45,000 for use as a restaurant and lounge, and flown into the airport in July 1977. It was sold to the State of New Jersey along with the airport in 2000, and the interior was refurbished and used as a flight school office in 2005.[26] Two L-1649A Super Stars N7316C c/n 1018 and N8083H c/n 1038 (both ex-Alaska Airlines) are parked on private land next to the Lewiston-Auburn Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine. The two aircraft were purchased at auction by the Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin Foundation. Lufthansa Technik North America has built a hangar at the airport, which will be used to overhaul N7316C to airworthy condition. The target date for completion of the overhaul was October 10, 2010. L-049 c/o 1970, N90831, one of the first TWA aircraft and a former C-69 transport, s/n 42-94549, is displayed in outdoor exhibit on airliner row at Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona.[27] L-049 c/o 2071, ex-KLM, ex-Capital Airlines, is on display at the TAM Museum, located in the TAM Airlines airfield, in Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. Previously, it served as a children's attraction at the entrance of the Asuncion (Paraguay) International Airport.[28] L-749 c/o 2503 is in the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (The Museum of Air and Space) located in Le Bourget Airport, 10 km north of Paris. It has been parked in a museum storage area since 1975, and is in good condition with minimal corrosion. Ex-Pan Am « Clipper America » del. 6 June 1947 reg. N C86520; to Aerovías Guest Mexico (XA-GOQ 01/1948), Air France from 01/1949 to 10/1960 as F-BAZR; CGTM (Compagnie Générale des Turbo-Machines) as F-ZVMV for use as flying engine test until December 1974.[29] L-1049G Super Constellation - CF-TGE (c/n 4544) is on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, with its original Trans-Canada Air Lines markings (the company that operated it from 1954 to the 1960s). After TCA service, it was sold to World Wide Airways and later retired in Montreal by 1965; it was renovated as a restaurant and bar in and around the Montreal area, and sold and moved again to Toronto and used as convention facility by the Regal Constellation Hotel. It was sold again and stored at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Finally, it was sold and restored in Rome, New York, and shipped to the Museum of Flight.[30][31] L-1049G c/n 4519 F-BGNJ, formerly a C version, was delivered to Air France on November 2, 1953, and is undergoing a complete restoration for static display by the Amicale du Super Constellation located in Nantes Airport. It was upgraded to a L-1049 G in 1956 and was operational until August 8, 1967, having totaled 24,284 hours under Air France's colors. After retirement, it was sent to Spain, to be registered EC-BEN, briefly flying humanitarian and medevac missions in Biafra. Aero Fret bought it in 1968, brought it back home to France, registered it as F-BRAD, and operated it on cargo hauls until 1974. When the Constellation landed in Nantes one last time to be scrapped, it was ultimately saved by Mr. Gaborit, who revamped it somewhat by his own modest means to finally park it near the terminal, accessible to visitors for a few years, until the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Nantes-Atlantique Airport bought it, to contract theAmicale du Super Constellation to undergo a complete restoration of the old aircraft.[32] A Lufthansa L-1049G Super Constellation serial number 1049G4604, registration D-ALIN, is on display at the Flugausstellung Hermeskeil, near Hermeskeil, Germany. This is the actual aircraft Konrad Adenauer flew in to Moscow in 1955, when he negotiated the release of German POWs. L-1649A Starliner, N974R (c/n 1040) is on static display in front of the "Fantasy of Flight" attraction in Lakeland, Florida.[33] L-749 Constellation, N2520B, in Aerosur livery, is on static display on the first ring road in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. It is known as El Avión Pirata. [34] N4247K c/n 4144 was impounded at Manila Airport, the Philippines, by June 1988, and stored in deteriorating condition at the Manila Airport,[35] but in September 2014, was secured for removal and static preservation to the Qantas Founders Outback Museum, Longreach.[36] Military[edit] Dwight D. Eisenhower flew in three Constellations, named Columbine,Columbine II, and Columbine III. L-749A c/o 2613 was the first of two WV-1s delivered to the US Navy in 1949. Essentially, it was a prototype for the Super Constellations that followed. Retired from the Navy in 1957, it served the FAA from 1958 to 1966. Flown to Salina, Kansas, in 1967, it remains parked there, and was last flown in 1992.[37] Three Constellations were used as Dwight D. Eisenhower's aircraft. The VC-121A Columbine (s/n 48-0614) was used during his role as Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe commander before he became president. It is currently on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, on loan from the National Museum of the US Air Force.[38]Columbine II (s/n 48-0610), the first Air Force One, is being restored in Bridgewater, Virginia, after a long period of storage at Marana Regional Airport, near Tucson. [39][40][41][42] Two other Constellations, the VC-121E Columbine III(s/n 53-7885) used as Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential aircraft, and the EC-121 Warning Star (s/n 53-555) are fully restored and on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base nearDayton, Ohio. Columbine III was retired to the Museum in 1966, and is displayed in the museum's Presidential gallery. The interior of the aircraft is open to the public. The EC-121 Warning Star is on display in the museum's Modern Flight Gallery.[43] C-121A serial number 48-0613 (Bataan) is on display at Planes of Fame in Valle, Arizona. This Constellation is in flying condition. According to the museum's website, this aircraft was used as a personal transport by General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War, and later by other Army general officers until 1966, when it was retired and transferred to the U.S. space agency NASA. After its acquisition by Planes of Fame, it was restored to its original configuration with a "VIP interior". C-121C is on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center located at Dulles Airport in Virginia, and this aircraft flew as an Air Force C-121C and is painted in the colors of the Air National Guard.[44] EC-121D Warning Star is on display at the Aerospace Museum of California at the former McClellan Air Force Base in North Highlands, California. This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force.[45] EC-121D, Navy BuNo 141311, is on display at the Chanute Aerospace Museum at the former Chanute AFB in Rantoul, Illinois. EC-121T, serial number 52-3425, is on display at the Peterson Air and Space Museum at Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Previously assigned to the 966th AEWCS at McCoy AFB, Florida, and then the 79th AEWCS at Homestead AFB, Florida, it was the last operational EC-121 and was deployed by the 79th AEWCS to NAS Keflavik, Iceland. It was delivered to Peterson AFB in October 1978.[46] N4257U on display at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka EC-121T serial number 53-0554, with markings from the 79th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron, Homestead AFB, Florida, 1974 is displayed in the outdoor exhibit at Pima Air & Space Museum. As of April 6, 2014, it is undergoing restoration on its radome.[47] RC-121D serial number 52-3418 (N4257U c/n 4336 federal registration) was delivered to the Air Force in October 1954. Then it was redesignated EC-121D 1962, converted to EC-121T, but the upper radome was not removed. Reassigned to USAF Reserves at Homestead AFB, Florida by July 1974, it was retired and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage on April 7, 1976. Reassigned to the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, Kansas, on March 1981 as N4257U, the RC-121D was ferried to Topeka, Kansas, on June 1981 with Frank Lang in command. IN315, an Indian Navy L1049G (former Air India L1049E VT-DHM Rani of Ellora) Super Constellation is on display at theNaval Aviation Museum at Dabolim in Goa, India.[48] Specifications (L-1049G Super Constellation)[edit] Data from Great Aircraft of the World[49] and Quest for Performance[50] General characteristics Crew: five, flight crew, varying cabin crew Capacity: typically 62–95 passengers (109 in high-density configuration) Length: 116 ft 2 in (35.42 m) Wingspan: 126 ft 2 in (38.47 m) Height: 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) Wing area: 1,654 ft2 (153.7 m2) Empty weight: 79,700 lb (36,150 kg) Useful load: 65,300 lb (29,620 kg) Max. takeoff weight: 137,500 lb (62,370 kg) Powerplant: 4 × Wright R-3350-DA3 Turbo Compound 18-cylinder supercharged radial engines, 3,250 hp (2,424 kW) each Performance Maximum speed: 377 mph (327 kn, 607 km/h) Cruise speed: 340 mph (295 kn, 547 km/h) at 22,600 ft (6,890 m) Stall speed: 100 mph (87 kn, 160 km/h) Range: 5,400 mi (4,700 nmi, 8,700 km) Service ceiling: 24,000 ft (7,620 m) Rate of climb: 1,620 ft/min (8.23 m/s) Wing loading: 87.7 lb/ft2 (428 kg/m2) Power/mass: 0.094 hp/lb (0,155 W/kg) Accidents and incidents[edit] Main article: List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation See also[edit] Robert Nietzel Buck Related development L-049 Constellation C-69 Constellation L-649 Constellation L-749 Constellation L-1049 Super Constellation C-121/R7V Constellation L-1249 Super Constellation (R7V-2/YC-121F) L-1649A Starliner Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era Boeing 377 Douglas DC-4E Douglas DC-6 Douglas DC-7 Bristol Britannia Related lists List of Lockheed aircraft List of models of the Lockheed Constellation List of military aircraft of the United States List of military aircraft of the United States (naval)   ebay3558

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