The Board of Directors of El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has approved talks with Boeing and lessors for the purchase and lease of approximately thirty B737 MAX, the company announced.

The aircraft will gradually replace and expand the Israeli carrier’s existing narrowbody fleet, composed of eighteen B737-800s and eight B737-900ERs, which are on average 20.1 and 9.5 years old, the ch-aviation fleets module shows. El Al announced in a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange market filing that it expects the new…

Source: ch aviation
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