El Al to launch Tel Aviv-San Fransisco service from 4Q2018

4 January, 2018

El Al announced (03-Jan-2018) plans to launch three times weekly Tel Aviv-San Fransisco service from 4Q2018, operating with Boeing 787 aircraft. El Al CEO David Maimon said: "The acquisition of the 787 Dreamliner fleet enables us to expand our long-haul network. San Francisco is a city of strategic importance to EL AL, with great emphasis on the business market". San Francisco will become El Al's sixth destination in North America, alongside New York (JFK and Newark), Los Angeles, Boston, Miami and Toronto. [more - original PR]