I reported last September that El Al will resume Miami-Tel Aviv service this year.
El Al has finally made the route official and announced that it will be served 3 times per week on Boeing 777s that offer first, business, and coach seating. They should start selling seats on the route within the next couple of weeks.
El Al still hasn’t announced which routes will get their new 787 service later this year, which DDF sleuthers discovered will have 1-2-1 direct aisle access reverse herringbone seating in business class.
For those keeping score at home that means that the 77 weekly flights between North America and Tel Aviv at the peak for each route in the summer/fall of 2017 will look like:
Boston: 3 weekly flights on El Al (767).
JFK: 7 weekly flights on Delta (777 through 10/27, A330 from 10/28), 16 weekly flights on El Al (747/777).
Los Angeles: 5 weekly flights on El Al (777).
Miami: 3 weekly flights on El Al effective November (777).
Montreal: 2 weekly flights on Air Canada (A330 from 6/22 through 9/14, 787 from 9/17 through 10/15), 2 weekly flights on Air Transat (A330 from 6/18-10/29)
Newark: 14 weekly flights on United (afternoon on 777-200, evening on 777-300), 6 weekly flights on El Al (747/777).
San Francisco: 7 weekly flights on United (787)
Toronto: 7 weekly flights on Air Canada (787), 5 weekly flights on El Al (767).
The only question is will El Al or United be the airline to launch Chicago-Tel Aviv service?
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Any idea why LY hasn’t put out a press release about the seats or routes the 787 will serve? Usually airlines try to generate hype about these things (like QF with the 787)
Israeli media report that the first 787 will be delivered in August.
@High end hobo:
Only reason would be that they don’t know themselves where to put them.
I’m speculating that JFK, LAX, and EWR will for sure get the 787, with the other routes getting the 777, with the 767 getting retired.
Curious if the will remove F from the 777 and add extra J.
@Shaul:
I’d have to assume that they will add reverse herringbone business to the 777 and remove first…eventually.
El Al used to fly out of ORD in the late 90’s/early 00’s, stopping in New York along the way. They even briefly flew direct to TLV from ORD.
Any reason why El Al or United would think that route could be profitable if it failed a decade ago?
@Dan:
I think they should hire you as a consultant to help plan North America – TLV routes and also of course to revamp their MATMID program.
Dan, do you think El Al is too small to make a partnership with a US credit card company for a co-branded credit card?
Is there any confirmation that ElAl will re-initiate direct flights between São Paulo and Tel Aviv this year ??
@Shaul:
I think LAX (and Chicago and Miami) will get the 787. I don’t think JFK or EWR will b/c
1: The route isn’t as long as the Chicago and LA routes so there will be more fuel savings using the 787 on the longer routes.
2: The 787 (I believe) is a smaller plane so I think it would make more sense for El Al to use those planes not New York routes as New York as the greatest demand so it makes sense to use bigger planes to NY.
@Mike:
1. The market to TLV is far more robust today than it was back then.
2. Aircraft like the 787 make thinner routes, like SFO-TLV or ORD-TLV profitable that weren’t in the past.
@Dan’s the Man:
Definitely not too small, but they need to first fix Matmid and work on partnerships.
The program is in shambles.
@Steven:
I haven’t heard that, but it seems like the 787 would be a nice aircraft for that route.
@Dan’s the Man:
All true, though the 787 is being positioned as their premium product, which would lend itself to the NYC market.
That’s likely why there’s internal debate on where to deploy it.
very disappointed… didn’t get the H/T for this post….. now I won’t get those UNITED club passes or scotch by the end of the year 🙁
@dan’s the man @dan, but please make sure to leave over some loopholes when you redo the MATMID program
Where can I find your guide for point tickets for Israel? Nonstop in business from NYC? I have lots of points and I want to maximize them. Many thanx.
@Coolfaye:
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/109004
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/68732
The matmid program is very popular in israel and they have a few israely credit cards as well that is very successful so they probably don’t see any reason to change it
@elal:
They’re missing out on the US market though. And surely they can get more people to use their cards in Israel with a better designed program.
@elal: @Dan: and a website that doesnt open up a hundred new windows every time you click… these are israelis for crying out loud… so technologically advanced yet so behind on their own blasted airline web page
Any idea what day s ELAL out of Miami?
How about ORD?
I still miss the Philadelphia flights. An easier airport to navigate
Will anyone take over the Philadelphia—TLV flight that Amercan/USAir cancelled??