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El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) will wet-lease a B747-400(F) freighter from Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) to operate its trunk Liège–Tel Aviv Ben Gurion cargo route starting this month, the US carrier announced.

“This strategic initiative with Atlas Air enables us to provide our customers with a stable and high-quality operation for all types of cargo. Atlas Air’s fleet of 747 aircraft is well-suited to support El Al’s operations and schedules,” the Head of El Al’s Cargo Division, Ronen Spira, said.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, El Al does not have any in-house freighter aircraft following the retirement of its last B747-400(F) in 2019. The Israeli airline therefore wet-leases capacity from other airlines to operate its only scheduled cargo route – between Tel Aviv and Liège. Flights prior to the end of 2019 were operated with a ACG Air Cargo Global (CW, Bratislava) B747-400(F).

For its part, Atlas Air operates five B747-400s, forty B747-400(F)s, ten B747-8(F)s,…