Review of El Al Israel Airlines flight from Bucharest to Tel Aviv in Economy

ELY

LY - El Al Israel Airlines

Flight taken on 12 August 2018
LY572
22:10 02h 35m 00:45
Class Economy
Seat 22A
PapaSierraGolf91
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For this summer, I am going to Israël
However, due to my contests, I looked to late to the differents possibilites to have a direct flight from Paris (min 550 euros)
I wanted to try the new El Al dreamliner but the go and return was at 675 euros
Instead, with a stop at BUH with AF and LY, I found my go and turn for less than 400 euros


The road will be:
Sunday, August 12th : Paris (CDG)-Bucarest(OTP) with Air France (AF 1888) in Airbus A319
Sunday, August 12th : Bucarest(OTP)-Tel Aviv(TLV) with El Al (LY 572) in Boeing B737-900
Tuesday, August 21st : Tel Aviv(TLV)-Bucarest(OTP) with El Al (LY 573) in Boeing B737-800
Tuesday, August 21st : Bucarest(OTP)- Paris(CDG) with Air France (RO 9381) in Airbus A319


Sorry for the quality of some of my pictures
I made my online check-in 24h before the departure time
Very easy to do thanks to the new El Al app


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I went back to Henri Coanda Airport after an afternoon spent in the center of Bucharest
I took a taxi (20 min, 8euros)
The Airport FIDS:


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After the different checks, I start to spot :
A321 W6 :


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B737 Blue Air :


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A320 Qatar airways :


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A330 TK :


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A318 RO :


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Dash Q8-400 Austrian :


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Boarding is made on time
We enter in the plane by the business cabin :


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Then, we enter in the economy class
My seat :


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Very good pitch for a 2h long flight:


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Some advertissements for the new Wi-fi service of El Al (free to use some apps), the atmosphere magazine and the El Al fleet with the new Dreamliner


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Un casque est mis à disposition (bel effort pour un si court vol) :


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Mood-lightening is turned on :


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Since the arrival of the dreamliner, El Al has a new safety video presented by Lior Suchard (a mentalist). I advise every fan of safety video to watch it.


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Whe we left, we met a B737-700 RO in skyteam livery :


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After the take-off, the central IFE is activated :


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The meal is served.
Whether a chciken or tuna sandwich were available.
A bottle of water for everyone


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After the dinner, I used the app "dreamstream"
Very useful, we can have the live map and it has a good choice of movies


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We start our approach exactely when the movie ends


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The mood-lightening is re-turned on :


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We pass the Ben-Gurion airport :


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Very smooth landing.
B747-400 El Al and B737 UIA :


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B737 Ethiopian :


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Very fast deboarding
Last seen on our plane :


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The passport check will be very fluent despite the number of planes that had landed at approximately the same time :


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We waited for an hour for the luggage
Hope you enjoyed this report
See you soon
PapaSierraGolf91

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Product ratings

Airline

El Al Israel Airlines 8.9

  • Cabin9.5 / 10
  • Cabin crew9.5 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi10.0 / 10
  • Meal/catering6.5 / 10
Departure airport

Bucharest - OTP8.4

  • Efficiency10.0 / 10
  • Access10.0 / 10
  • Services6.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness7.0 / 10
Arrival Airport

Tel Aviv - TLV9.4

  • Efficiency7.5 / 10
  • Access10.0 / 10
  • Services10.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness10.0 / 10

Conclusion

A very good flight with El Al
A very good point for the divertissements (excellent honnestly for a 2h long flight).
However, the catering wasn't so good for this time.
OTP is a very comfortable airport.
TLV is still very fluent. However, the luggage delivery was very long for once

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