EL AL Fleet – Historic – Boeing 737-200s

In each fleet list ‘MSN’ refers to the Manufacturer’s Serial Number, and ‘LN’ refers to the Line Number.

Copyright to each photo in the fleet lists 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.

4X-ABL in hybrid EL AL – Trans European Airways livery, at Paris-Orly, fall 1981. (Jacques Guillem photo)

737-2M8 (Advanced). MSN 21736/LN 557. Rolled out 2 Feb 79. First flight 16 Feb 79. Delivered 1 Mar 79 to Trans European Airways (TEA) as OO-TEL.Leased to EL AL, 1 Oct 80 and registered as 4X-ABL, 3 Oct 80. Returned to TEA and Israeli registration canceled, 30 June 82.

4X-ABM in hybrid EL AL – Trans European Airways livery.

737-2M8 (Advanced). MSN 22090/LN 664. Rolled out 18 Apr 80. First flight 2 May 80. Delivered 19 May 80 to Trans European Airways (TEA) as OO-TEO, named Jonathan. Leased to EL AL, 1 Oct 80 and registered as 4X-ABM, 3 Oct 80. Last commercial flight with El Al 13 Sep 82. Returned to TEA and Israeli registration canceled, 30 Sep 82. 

4X-ABN at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, 5 July 1984.
(Eduard Marmet photo, CC-BY-SA-3.0)

737-258 (Advanced). MSN 22856/LN 910. Ordered 18 Mar 81. Rolled out 19 Aug 82. First flight 2 Sep 82. Delivered to EL AL 30 Sep 82 as 4X-ABN, registered 13 Jan 83.  Leased to GPA for sub-lease to LAN-Chile as CC-CJK, 10 Mar 88. Returned to EL AL as 4X-ABN, 23 Dec 88. Leased to Arkia 4 Jan 89. Leased to Aeroel, 18 Jul 99. Sold to Nationwide Air, South Africa and re-registered ZS-OOC, 3 May 2000.

4X-ABO at Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland, 1 June 1984.
(Kambul photo, CC-BY-SA-2.0)

737-258 (Advanced). MSN 22857/LN 919. Ordered 18 Mar 81. Rolled out 27 Sep 82. First flight 11 Oct 82. Delivered to EL AL 9 Nov 82 as 4X-ABO. Stationed at Montréal 3 July – 11 Sep 87. Leased to GPA for sub-lease to LAN-Chile as CC-CJM, 10 Mar 88. Returned to EL AL as 4X-ABO, 15 Dec 88. Leased to Arkia 3 Jan 89. Sold to Nationwide Air of South Africa and re-registered ZS-OOD, 13 Apr 2000.