What is El Al?
'''El Al''' ({{lang-he|אל על}}; {{lang-ar|إل عال}}) is the national [[airline]] of [[Israel]]. It is the country's [[flag carrier]] airline. It also flies to [[Africa]], [[Asia]], [[Europe]] and [[North America]]. El Al serves 48 destinations. It has only one [[Airline hub|hub]]: [[Ben Gurion International Airport]] in [[Tel Aviv]]. {{Infobox airline | airline = El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. | image = Logo_of_El_Al_Israel_Airlines.svg | image_size = 300 | IATA = LY | ICAO = ELY | callsign = ELAL<ref>{{cite web|title=JO 7340.2J - Contractions - Including Change 1|url=https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2J_Chg_1_dtd_10_10_19.pdf|website=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=22 November 2019|pages=3–1–33}}</ref> | founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1948}} | bases = {{nowrap|[[Ben Gurion Airport]]}} | hubs = | secondary_hubs = | fleet_size = 44<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Fleet|url= https://www.elal.com/en/about-ELAL/About-ELAL/Investor-Relations/Pages/Our-Fleet.aspx|website=El Al|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> | destinations = [[List of El Al destinations|48]] | alliance = | parent = | traded_as = {{TASE|ELAL}} | subsidiaries = {{ubl|El Al Cargo|[[Sun d'Or]]}} | num_employees = 3,570 permanent, 2,608 temporary. | headquarters = [[Ben Gurion Airport, Israel]] | key_people = David Brodet, [[Chairman]]<br>Avigal Sorek, [[CEO]]<br>Olga Alauof, Kenny Rozenberg & Daryl Hagler Controlling [[shareholder]] | aoc = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = [[#Frequent flyer program|Matmid]] | website = {{URL|www.elal.com}} }} [[File:El AL mvi3839.ogv|thumb|El AL planes doing an aerial parade over Tel Aviv beach.]] ==History== In 1948, after a conference in [[Geneva]], the first [[President of Israel]] had to return to Israel with a government [[aircraft]]. However, this was not possible. So a [[C-54]] was converted into a civil aircraft and repainted with the ''El Al'' l