El-Al Travel Tips

With a fleet of some 27 aircrafts, El-Al Israeli airlines is the national carrier for Israel, hence it is the airline with most flights to and from Israel. For those of you seeking to come to Israel on any purpose, El-Al will usually provide the most convenient flight schedule which usually makes it the obvious choice. Being an ex- El-Al airline stewardess I believe there are some insights I can provide for those of you who already made the choice and are planning their flight to Israel with El-Al Israeli airlines.

  • The first thing to note is that El-Al is an Israeli airline, meaning the crew is all-Israeli as well as most of the passengers (generally speaking, of course). That means that a passenger who is not Israeli and is flying with El-Al needs to take into account a number of factors about the Israeli nature and especially that Israelis are very straight-forward: when they ask you how much your salary is, they are not being rude