Hello and welcome to my flight from Barcelona to Tel Aviv on EL AL's Boeing 747-400.
El Al is an Israeli Airline that operating flights from Tel Aviv to all around Europe, Asia, USA and Canada.
El Al removed all Boeing 747's from service.
October was the last month for El Al's Boeing 747-400 flights,on this month they operated all the flights for this type of aircraft just to BCN.
Todays flight we start at the metro station ''Espanya'', then we take to bus shuttle to El Prat airport.
Airport bus station:
Barcelona El Prat airport terminal 1:
On my way to passport and security control:
Duty free:
Our plane today:
Reg: 4X-ELC.
Business class:
Previous Economy plus class:
Economy class:
View from my seat:
Taxi and take off:
View of Barcelona:
Climbing to the cruise alltitude:
Meal service has started, the choise was between root salad and corenbeef sandwich.
I chose the corenbeef that was disgusting, it was very salty.
Cruise altitude view:
Toilet:
Each seat has his screen, the screen was a little bit small, some screens doesn't work so the crew gaved them Ipad for the flight
Preparing for landing on Rwy 12:
Landing:
Deboarding the aircraft:
At the gate:
Terminal 3 arrivals hall, on the way to passport control:
Luggage:
Old? Yes. Outdated? Yes. Priceless experience in hindsight? Yes.
What a privilege to have caught the Queen before her retirement, especially on a short route within "Europe". I'm sure the novelty would wear off quickly on a TLV-JFK flight, although the old school seating does look comfy. I was always intrigued at the El Al 747 at BCN - thanks for the insight!
Totally right about what you saying!
Thanks for the comment.
Hey Roy,
Thanks for writing such an experience on a plane that is soon retiring.
Hope we see more efficient journeys in the future.