Aircraft investment for El Al
El Al has signed an agreement for the purchase of four new Boeing 777-200 extended range aircraft.
The Israeli national airline has invested around $540 million in the new aircraft.
Three are scheduled to be delivered in 2012 and the fourth in early 2013.
The four aircraft will be equipped with Rolls Royce engines and configured with 279 seats.
El Al also has the option to purchase four new 777-300 model aircraft, instead of the four new 777-200 model.
By: Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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