Arutz Sheva reporting Elal to have flights direct to Melbourne Australia

[chff]

Direct vs the LY will most probably fly

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=tlv-mel,tlv-ssh-jib-13.463893n+51.537052E-mel

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From To Initial
Heading Magnetic
Heading Distance
TLV MEL 117° (SE) 112° (E) 8,535 mi
4 segment path:
TLV SSH 186° (S) 181° (S) 279 mi
SSH JIB 152° (SE) 147° (SE) 1,265 mi
JIB 13°27'50"N 51°32'13"E 076° (E) 074° (E) 581 mi
13°27'50"N 51°32'13"E MEL 126° (SE) 126° (SE) 6,961 mi
9,086 mi (+6.5%)


[tavster]

Direct vs the LY will most probably fly

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=tlv-mel,tlv-ssh-jib-13.463893n+51.537052E-mel

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From To Initial
Heading Magnetic
Heading Distance
TLV MEL 117° (SE) 112° (E) 8,535 mi
4 segment path:
TLV SSH 186° (S) 181° (S) 279 mi
SSH JIB 152° (SE) 147° (SE) 1,265 mi
JIB 13°27'50"N 51°32'13"E 076° (E) 074° (E) 581 mi
13°27'50"N 51°32'13"E MEL 126° (SE) 126° (SE) 6,961 mi
9,086 mi (+6.5%)


Well done!!

[tavster]

Am I entitled to half HT, for posting within 1mn of ProIsrael 

[Proisrael]

Will Elal finally become a connecting airline? Alternative to EK EY QR?

[ExGingi]

Does it rally make sense to fly TLV-MEL nonstop? Wouldn't it be better to add it to the HKG flight (or better yet add SIN as a stopover, if it would be possible to get there without the Malaysians objecting)?

I spoke to a friend from SIN who told me he doesn't take the nonstop from SIN to the US as it is too long to be boxed into an aircraft (even in J).

[tavster]

That's what the 'trials' will tell 

But I agree with you.. I often fly TLV-LAX direct in J and I go nuts, so I can't picture adding an extra 3 hours.

So to do it in Y.. with kids.. 

[Proisrael]

El Al announced on Tuesday that its commercial test of non-stop flights to and from Melbourne will take place in April and May, with a decision on keeping the route expected in a few months, subject to regulatory approvals.

Round trip ticket prices will start at $1,199. Miki Strassburger, El Al Vice President for Commerce and Aviation Relations at El Al said, "The duration of the direct flight to Melbourne is expected to be 16:15 hours, while the return flight, from Melbourne to Ben Gurion Airport, is expected to be 17:45 hours and will be the longest flight without intermediate landing to be made in the history of the Israeli aviation industry."

[yandmk]

https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-el-al-announces-fare-schedule-for-trial-australia-flights-1001310365
Very impressed with dates they chose. Perfect for Aussies going to or from Israel for Pesach

[tavster]

 

[shaulyaakov]

I spoke to my uncle who travels this route 1-2x a year. He would normally stop in HKG, but it's more difficult to do so right now. Maybe El AL is smart to sieze the opening here.

[ExGingi]

Ideally I would think they would need to make this route include a stop, the big question would be where  (Maldives, Bangalore, Sri Lanka, Ko Samui, Manila, and Singapore come to mind)? Any SE Asia stop could present a difficulty due to Indonesian and Malaysian airspace.

[Dan]

Ideally I would think they would need to make this route include a stop, the big question would be where  (Maldives, Bangalore, Sri Lanka, Ko Samui, Manila, and Singapore come to mind)? Any SE Asia stop could present a difficulty due to Indonesian and Malaysian airspace.

Why?

[shaulyaakov]

Ideally I would think they would need to make this route include a stop, the big question would be where  (Maldives, Bangalore, Sri Lanka, Ko Samui, Manila, and Singapore come to mind)? Any SE Asia stop could present a difficulty due to Indonesian and Malaysian airspace.

If you've got a 787 may as well use it.

[shaulyaakov]

Initial schedule is leave TLV Thursday, arrive in MEL Fri, and depart Sat night. Makes a lot of sense. Aircraft would be parked somewhere over shabbos anyway and this way the crew can rest in MEL and fly back so thdy don't need to send a second crew.

[ExGingi]

Why?

Because a nonstop TLV-MEL is just too long.

[Dan]

Plenty of airlines offer one stop service.

[Jack out of the box]

Elal flight 87 presently en route from TLV to Perth, Australia for (probably) first ever direct flight between the two countries.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ELY87/history/20200323/1700Z/LLBG/YPPH

Flights a couple of days ago between TLV and Lima, Peru were longer - possibly Elal's longest yet.