Review of Israir flight Amsterdam → Tel Aviv in Economy

Airline Israir
Flight 6H 0202
Class Economy
Seat 16F
Aircraft Airbus A320
Flight time 03:05
Take-off 23 Jul 09, 15:10
Arrival at 23 Jul 09, 19:15
6H 13 reviews
Dor
By BRONZE 1343
Published on 26th March 2016
When We arrived to the airport, We found that our flight is delayed.

So I dicided to go to the spotting terrace:


After the check in, We got 6 Euro voucher for the resturants in the duty free area, due to the delay in the take off.
AMS terminal is clean, even the windows were so clean that I could take photos from them without any problems.



Aircraft Information:
Airbus A320-211
4X-ABD (Formerly: C-FMSY and YL-LCB, today: YL-LCB)
In service since February 1993, used by Israir since February 2007 until October 2010.

Gate view:
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Wing view:
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WTF?
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Before take off:
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During cruise:
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One hour after take off, the crew served meal:
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Included: Hummus salad, pita bread, couscous with pastrami, chocolate mousse, water and hot drinks.
The taste was OK. Today Israir request payment for meal on board.

Cabin during cruise:
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Sunset:
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Cockpit:
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Verdict

Israir

7.9/10
Cabin8.0
Cabin crew10.0
Entertainment/wifi6.0
Meal/catering7.5

Amsterdam - AMS

10.0/10
Efficiency10.0
Access10.0
Services10.0
Cleanliness10.0

Tel Aviv - TLV

9.5/10
Efficiency10.0
Access10.0
Services10.0
Cleanliness8.0

Conclusion

Israir is small Israeli airline, using 2 A320 and 2 ATR72.
When I traveled with Israir, they had 2 old leased A320 and old ATR42 aircrafts. My parents traveled with the new A320 and they look better than this airbus...
Today Israir prices are very high (more than ELAL!) and they don't serve meals during the flight, in some flights they would request payment for luggage. This made me to think that Israir should be LC airline.
For example: When I checked flight to OTP (Romania), ELAL price was 320$ USD (Including luggage, seat reserve and meal), Israir price was 400$ USD without luggage and meal!

The crew was very nice and accepted for my request to visit in the cockpit.
The flight took off 3 hours after the planned time, so They got 0 score in the On-time performance.

Information on the route Amsterdam (AMS) → Tel Aviv (TLV)

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