EL AL Fleet – Current

EL AL’s present fleet totals 47 aircraft, all manufactured by Boeing — twelve 787-9 and four 787-8 ‘Dreamliners’; six 777-200ERs; eight 737-900ERs; and seventeen 737-800s, one of which is a freighter. These aircraft types are described below in that order, by registration number. The abbreviation ‘MSN’ refers to Boeing’s manufacturer’s serial number, and ‘LN’ refers to Boeing’s line number.

Copyright to each photo in this fleet list belongs to the respective photographers noted. When a photographer’s name is followed by a parenthetical reference, that refers to the applicable license to publish. All such licensed photos are taken from the Wikimedia Commons website ‘Aircraft registered in Israel’ and have been resized for purposes of this site. The reference ‘CC-BY-SA’ refers to a ‘Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike’ license, and the number following it refers to the version of such license.

EL AL BOEING 787-9 ‘DREAMLINER’ AIRCRAFT

Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Trent 1000. Seats: Business-32; Premium-35; Economy-204; Total-271.

4X-EDA landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport, on delivery flight from Boeing- Seattle, 23 August 2017. Siegi Negrea photo. 787-958. MSN 63548/LN 590. First flight 11 July 17. Leased from Air Lease Corp.  Delivered to EL AL 22 Aug 17, named ‘Ashdod’. Current.
4X-EDB landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport, on flight from Newark as LY028, 3 November 2017. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-958. MSN 42117/LN 616. First flight 21 Sept 17. Leased from Air Lease Corp.  Delivered to EL AL 8 Oct 17, named ‘Rishon LeZion’. Current.
4X-EDC landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport, on delivery flight from Boeing Paine Field, Everett, Washington, 23 February 2018. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0).  787-958. MSN 38086/LN 666. Delivered to EL AL 22 February 18, named ‘Tel Aviv – Jaffa’. Current.
4X-EDD at Boeing Paine Field, Everett, Washington, 14 February 2018,  prior to delivery to EL AL.  Photo by Yigal Levy.  787-958. MSN 63392/LN 671. Delivered to EL AL 3 March 18, named ‘Haifa’. Current.
4X-EDD at Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion Airport, 27 April 2019, showing newly applied ‘San Francisco’ livery on left side, promoting start of nonstop Tel Aviv – San Francisco service. Photo by Yochai Mossi. 787-958. MSN 63392/LN 671. Delivered to EL AL 3 March 2018, named ‘Haifa’. Current.
4X-EDD at Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion Airport, 27 April 2019, showing newly applied ‘Las Vegas’ livery on right side, promoting start of nonstop Tel Aviv – Las Vegas service. Photo by Yochai Mossi. 787-958. MSN 63392/LN 671. Delivered to EL AL 3 March 2018, named ‘Haifa’. Current.
4X-EDE landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport, on delivery flight from Paine Field, Everett, Washington, 29 June 18. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-958. MSN 63393/LN 714. Delivered to EL AL 15 June 2018, named ‘Bat Yam’. Current.
4X-EDF landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport, on delivery flight from Paine Field, Everett, Washington, 14 August 18. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0).  787-958. MSN 63394/LN 735. Delivered to EL AL 13 August 2018, named ‘Rehovot’. The aircraft is the first in EL AL’s history to feature a ‘retro’ livery, being the design utilized on EL AL’s first Boeing 707 in 1961. Current.
4X-EDH landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport runway 12, arriving from Los Angeles, 9 November 18. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-958. MSN 38085/LN 760. Leased from ACG Avia.Cap. Delivered to EL AL 30 October 2018, named Be’er Sheva. Current.
4X-EDI at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport while heading to runway 12 for takeoff, 4 Feb 2019. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-958. MSN 38800/LN 794. Leased from AerCap. Delivered to EL AL 14 January 2019, named ‘Herzliya’. Current.
4X-EDJ landing at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport, 9 April 2019. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-958. MSN 65086/LN829. Delivered to EL AL 3 April 2019, named ‘Kfar Saba’. Current.
4X-EDK landing at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport, 20 June 2019. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-958. MSN 63395/LN653. Delivered to EL AL 19 June 2019, named ‘Eilat’. Current.
4X-EDL at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport, 26 July 2019. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-958. MSN 65094/LN 875. Delivered to EL AL 13 July 2019, leased from AerCap. Named ‘Akko’. Current.
4X-EDM in U.S. after painting in special ‘Jerusalem of Gold’ livery and before delivery to EL AL, September 2019. Photo from EL AL Facebook site. 787-958. MSN 38783/LN 907. Delivered to EL AL 18 September 2019, leased from AerCap. Named ‘Jerusalem of Gold’ after song written by Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer. Current.

EL AL BOEING 787-8 ‘Dreamliner’ Aircraft

Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Trent 1000. Seats: Business-20; Premium-35; Economy-180; Total-235.

4X-ERA at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion after delivery flight from Boeing, 6 December 2019. Photo by Yochai Mossi.. 787-858. MSN 63396/LN 935. First Flight 11 November 2019. Delivered to EL AL 28 November 2019. Named ‘Ramat Hasharon’. Current.
4X-ERB landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, 3 January 2020. Photo by Micha Sender. 787-858. MSN 63397/LN947. Delivered to EL AL 19 December 2019. Named ‘Hod Hasharon’. Current.
4X-ERC upon takeoff from Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, en route to Paris, 21 February 2020. Photo by Micha Sender (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-858. MSN 63399/LN973. Delivered to EL AL 19 February 2020. Named ‘Daliat El Carmel’. Current.
4X-ERD at Everett Snohomish County Airport/Paine Field, State of Washington, USA, 11 March 2020. Photo by Nick Dean (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 787-858. MSN 63398/LN985. Delivery flight to EL AL from Paine Field to Tel Aviv, 30-31 July 2023. Named ‘Nof Hagalil’. Current.

EL AL BOEING 777-200s

Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Trent 892. Seats: Business-35; Premium-34; Economy-204; Total-273.

4X-ECA at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion before takeoff to New York as flight LY007, 31 December 2002. Erez Sirotkin photo. 777-258ER. MSN 30831/LN 319. Ordered 8 Dec 99. First flight 11 Jan 01. Delivered to EL AL 29 Jan 01 as 4X-ECA. Fleet #101, originally named ‘Galilee’, name changed about Jan 16 to ‘Petakh Tikva’. Current, but parked.
4X-ECB at Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok, 28 September 2008. Micha Sender photo. 777-258ER. MSN 30832/LN 325. Ordered 8 Dec 99. First flight 9 Feb 01. Delivered to EL AL 21 Feb 01 as 4X-ECB. Fleet #102, named ‘Netanya’. Current.
4X-ECC at Newark-Liberty, New Jersey, July 2005. Joe Pries Photo. 777-258ER. MSN 30833/LN 335. Ordered 8 Dec 99. First flight 2 Apr 01. Delivered to EL AL 11 Apr 01 as 4X-ECC. Fleet #103, originally named ‘Hasharon’, name changed to ‘Holon’. Current, but parked.
4X-ECD landing at London-Heathrow, February 2007.  Adrian Pingstone photo. 777-258ER. MSN 33169/LN 405. Ordered 8 May 01. First flight, as N50217, 17 May 02. Delivered to EL AL 6 June 02 as 4X-ECD. Fleet #104, originally named ‘Carmel’, name changed to ‘Ramat Gan’. Current.
4X-ECE arriving at New York-JFK on its delivery flight from Boeing-Seattle, 25 July 2007. Marvin G Goldman photo.777-25ER. MSN 36083/LN 648. Ordered 30 Nov 05. First flight, as N5017Q, 21 June 07. Delivered to EL AL 23 July 07 as 4X-ECE. Fleet #105, named ‘Sderot’. Major refurbishment of interior completed, July 2023. Current.
4X-ECF landing at Newark-Liberty, New Jersey, 2007. EL AL Archive. 777-258ER. MSN 36084/LN 655. Ordered 30 Nov 05. First flight, as N5022E, 1 Aug 07. Delivered to EL AL 18 Aug 07 as 4X-ECF. Fleet #106, named ‘Kiryat Shemona’. Current.

EL AL BOEING 737-900ER AIRCRAFT

Engines: Two CFM56-7B27E. Seats: Business-16; Economy-156; Total-172.

4X-EHA landing at Geneva-Cointrin, 19 April 2016. Photo by Markus Eigenheer, Geneva (CC-B-SA-2.0). 737-958ER. MSN 41552/LN 4632.  First Flight 21 Sep 13. Delivered to EL AL 8 Oct 13, fleet #831, named ‘Kiryat Ono’. Current.
4X-EHB landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, 17 January 2014. Oyoyoy photo (CC-BY-SA-3.0). 737-958ER. MSN 41553/LN 4697. First flight 9 Nov 13. Delivered to EL AL 26 Nov 13, fleet #832, named Kiryat Bialik’. Current.
4X-EHC landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, 25 July 2014. Oyoyoy photo (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 737-958ER. MSN 41554/LN 4990. First flight 1 July 14. Delivered to EL AL 9 July 14, fleet #833, named ‘Kiryat Ata’. Current.
4X-EHD at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, 30 December 2015. Eric Salard photo (CC-BY-SA-2.0). 737-958ER. MSN 41555/LN 5311. First flight 24 Feb 15. Delivered to EL AL 11 Mar 15, fleet #834, named ‘Kiryat Gat’. Current.
4X-EHE at London-Heathrow, 1 June 2015. Photo by John Taggart, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, UK. (CC-BY-SA-2.0). 737-958ER. MSN 41556/LN 4840. First flight 14 Mar 14. Delivered to EL AL 25 Mar 14, fleet #835, named ‘Kiryat Tiv’on’. Current.
4X-EHF landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, 10 March 2016. LLHZ2805 Photo (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 737-958ER. First flight 3 Feb 16. MSN 41557/LN 5772. Delivered to EL AL 13 Feb 16, fleet #836, named ‘Kiryat Yam’. Current.
4X-EHH at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, 29 February 2016. Rami Mizrahi photo (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 737-958ER. MSN 41558/LN 5791. First flight 17 Feb 16. Delivered to EL AL 26 Feb 16, fleet #837, named ‘Kiryat Motzkin’. Current.
4X-EHI landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, 18 March 2016, on delivery flight from Boeing-Seattle via New York-JFK and Paris-CDG. Rami Mizrahi photo (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 737-958ER. MSN 41559/LN 5818. First flight 4 March 2016. Delivered to EL AL 16 March 2016, fleet #838, named ‘Kiryat Malakhi’. Current.

EL AL 737-800 AIRCRAFT

Engines: 4X-EKA/B/C/F/H/I/J/K/L/P/S — CFM56-7B26; 4X-EKM/O/R/T/U — CFM56-7B27. Seats: 4X-EKA/B/C/F/H/J/L/P/S — Business-16; Economy-138; 4X-EKI–Economy-185; 4X-EKK–Business-12; Economy-156; 4X-EKM/O/T/U–Premium-36; Economy-144; 4X-EKR–Economy-189.

4X-EKA at Zurich-Kloten. 1 March 2013.  Ken Fielding photo (CC-BY-SA-3.0).  737-858. MSN 29957/LN 204. Ordered 1 Apr 98. Rolled out 18 Jan 99. First flight 30 Jan 99. Delivered to EL AL 24 Feb 99, Fleet #801, named ‘Tiberias’. Current, but parked.
4X-EKB at Milan-Malpensa, 3 July 2016.  Anna Zvereva photo (CC-BY-SA-2.0).  737-858. MSN 29958/LN 249. Ordered 1 Apr 98. Rolled out 18 Mar 99. First flight 1 Apr 99. Delivered to EL AL 21 Apr 99, Fleet #802, named ‘Eilat’ until August 2013 when renamed as ‘Ashkelon’. Current.
4X-EKC at St. Petersburg-Pulkovo, Russia, 26 January 2010.  Igor Dvurekov photo (CC-BY-SA-3.0). 737-858. MSN 29959/LN 314. Ordered 1 Apr 98. Rolled out 8 Jun 99. First flight 22 Jun 99. Delivered to EL AL 31 Jul 99, Fleet #803, named ‘Beit Shean’. Current.
4X-EKF landing at Prague – Vaclav Havel-Ruzyne, 24 May 2011. Alan Lebeda photo (GNU Free Documentation License 1.2). 737-8HX. MSN 29638/LN 2766. First flight 16 Dec 08. Leased from Aviation Capital Group (‘ACG’) and delivered to EL AL 30 Dec 08, Fleet #806, named ‘Kinneret‘. Current.
4X-EKH landing at Amsterdam-Schiphol, 9 March 2014. Alf-van-Beem photo (CC-BY-SA-1.0). 737-85P. MSN 35485/LN 2871. Originally sold by Boeing to Air Europa but not taken up. Sold by Boeing to EL AL and delivered 17 Apr 09, Fleet #807, originally named ‘Yarden’, renamed ‘Hadera’ June 2013. Current.
4X-EKI in hybrid Sun d’Or/North American Airlines livery at Rhodes, Greece, August 2002. Udo Schaffer photo. 737-86N. MSN 28587/LN 192. Rolled out 22 Dec 98. First flight 12 Jan 99. Delivered to GECC 9 Feb 99 and leased to North American Airlines as N802NA. Leased by Polaris Leasing International (GE) to EL AL as 4X-EKI 26 Mar 02, Fleet #812, named ‘Modi’in Maccabim Re’ut’. Operates under EL AL’s Sun d’Or brand.  Current.
4X-EKJ landing at Zurich-Kloten, 17 April 2013. Hansueli Krapf photo (CC-BY-SA-3.0). 737-85P. MSN 35486/LN 2908. First flight 7 May 09. Originally sold by Boeing to Air Europa but not taken up. Sold to EL AL and delivered 20 May 09, Fleet #808, named ‘Degania’. Current.
4X-EKK at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport, 24 February 2020. Rami Mizrachi photo (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 737-85R. MSN 39070/LN5196. Delivered to Jet Airways as VT-JTB under lease, December 2014. Stored from 7 February 2019. Delivered to EL AL 14 February 2020. Named ‘Givat Shmuel’. Current.
4X-EKL at Amsterdam-Schiphol, 28 July 2009. Bjorn Strey photo (CC-BY-SA-2.0). 737-85P. MSN 35487/LN 2941. First flight 9 June 09. Originally sold by Boeing to Air Europa but not taken up. Sold to EL AL and delivered 22 June 09, Fleet #809, named ‘Nahalal’. Current.
4X-EKM in EL AL’s ‘UP’ brand livery landing at Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, 10 February 2014. Micha Sender photo (CC-BY-SA-3.0). 737-804. MSN 30465/LN 502. First flight 19 Feb 00. Delivered to Britannia Airways as G-BYNC, 4 June 00; subsequently operated by Britannia as PH-AAV and SE-DZL, by Hapag Lloyd as D-ATUA and by Thomson Airways as G-CDZL. Leased from BBAM and delivered to EL AL as 4X-EKM 12 May 12, Fleet #816. Repainted into ‘UP’ livery, 29 Jan 14. ‘UP’ title replaced by ‘EL AL’, Aug 18. Named ‘Ramla’. Current.
4X-EKO departing from Zurich as LY348 to Tel Aviv, 9 May 2010. Aero Icarus photo (CC-BY-SA-2.0). 737-86Q. MSN30287/LN1308. First flight 2 April 2003. Delivered to Hapag Lloyd as D-ATLR, 14 April 2003. Leased by EL AL from ACG and delivered as 4X-EKO, 27 October 2005, Fleet #813. Operated in livery of EL AL’s ‘UP’ brand from 8 February 2014 to July 2018. Named ‘Lod’. Current.
4X-EKP at Milan-Malpensa, 27 January 2016. Anna Zvereva, Talinn, Estonia, photo (CC-BY-SA-2.0).737-8Q8. MSN 30639/LN 935. First flight 21 Aug 01. Delivered to Polynesian Airlines as 5W-SAO under lease from ILFC, 25 Sep 01. Then delivered to EL AL as 4X-EKP under lease from ILFC (which became part of AerCap), 24 Jan 06, Fleet #814, named ‘Nahariya’. Current.
4X-EKR of EL AL’s Sun d’Or brand in livery introduced in 2015, upon takeoff from Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion, 12 July 2015. Micha Sender photo (GNU Free Documentation License 1.2). 737-804. MSN 30466/LN 505. First flight 22 Feb 00. Delivered to Britannia Airways as G-BYNB, 8 Apr 00, subsequently operated by Britannia as PH-ABE and SE-DZM, by Hapag Lloyd as D-ATUB and Thomson Airways as G-CDZM. Delivered to EL AL as 4X-EKR under lease from NBBL, 16 May 12, fleet #817, and operated under the Sun d’Or brand, named ‘Givatayim’. Current.
4X-EKS at Seattle, Washington – King County-Boeing Field, 14 August 2008. Joe G Walker photo, via John Wegg. 737-8HX. MSN 36433/LN 2702. First flight 5 Aug 08. Delivered to EL AL under lease from ACG, 25 Aug 08, fleet #815, named ‘Caesarea’. Current.
4X-EKT in EL AL’s ‘UP’ brand livery landing at Glasgow, Scotland, 15 August 2015, bringing Hapoel Be’er Sheva football team to play Celtic. Mark Harkin photo (CC-BY-SA-2.0). 737-8BK. MSN 33030/LN 1968. First flight 2 June 06. Delivered to Eurocypria as 5B-DBZ, 16 June 06. Delivered to EL AL under lease from CIT Aerospace, 1 Nov 10, fleet #810. Operated in livery of EL AL’s ‘UP’ brand starting 5 June 14. ‘UP’ title removed, July 2018, and replaced by ‘EL AL’ titles. Named ‘Bet Shemesh’. Current.
4X-EKU at Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion, 13 April 2013. Noam Hartoch photo. 737-8Z9. MSN33834/LN1938. First flight, 25 April 2006. Delivered to Lauda Air as OE-LNT, 10 May 2006, and then to Austrian Airlines, 15 March 2010. Delivered to EL AL under lease from Macquarie AirFinance, 4 March 2013, fleet #818. Operated in livery of EL AL’s ‘UP’ brand , 14 February 2014 to July 2018. Named ‘Ra’anana’. Current.
4X-EKZ at Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion, 26 October 2023. Alon Russo photo (CC-BY-SA-4.0). 737-86N(BCF), converted to freighter from 737-800 in June 2023. MSN33004/LN1144. Originally delivered to Neos airline of Italy as I-NEOT, May 2002. Delivered to EL AL under lease in October 2023 and entered service 31 October 2023. Named ‘Otef Israel’. Current.

Last updated 17 December 2023.