EL AL Fleet – Historic – Boeing 720B Aircraft

4X-ABA in third EL AL 707/720 livery (adopted 1971) with 30th anniversary logo of the State of Israel, at Paris-Orly, November 1978.
(Jacques Guillem photo via John Wegg)

720-058B. MSN 18424/LN 281. Ordered 3 May 61. Rolled out 26 Feb 62. First flight 16 Mar 62. Registered as 4X-ABA, 19 Oct 61. Delivered to EL AL 23 Mar 62. Sold to Jet Power, 28 Aug 80, with 51,668 hours/20,329 cycles. Canceled from Israeli registry 24 Oct 80.

4X-ABB in second EL AL 707/720 livery (in use 1965 to early 1971), at Geneva-Cointrin, 10 June 1968. (Jacques Guillem collection)

720-058B. MSN18425/LN 290. Ordered 3 May 61. Rolled out 4 Apr 62. Registered as 4XABB, 19 Oct 61. First flight 23 Apr 62. Delivered to EL AL 30 Apr 62. Damaged in terrorist attack at Zurich, 18 Feb 69; repaired. Sold to Jet Power, 28 Aug 80, with 51,299 hours/20,425 cycles, and leased back to EL AL. Canceled from Israeli registry 24 Oct 80.