El Al
![An El Al Lockheed Constellation (1951)](/Images/godic/202501/10/El_Al_Connie3604.jpg")
![Curtiss Commando freight aircraft of El Al](/Images/godic/202501/10/Curtiss_C-46D_4X-ALF_El_AL_LHR_05.09.54_edited-33604.jpg")
![Kurdish Jewish Immigrants from Iraq leaving Lod Airport (1951)](/Images/godic/202501/10/Immigrants_19513604.jpg")
![Bristol Britannia of El Al at Farnborough Airport in 1957 just before delivery to the airline](/Images/godic/202501/10/Bristol_175_312_4X-AGB_El_Al_FAR_08.09.57_edited-23604.jpg")
El Al Israel Airlines Ltd (TASE: ELAL), trading as El Al (Hebrew:אל על, "To The Skies" or "Skywards", Arabic:إل عال), is the flag carrier of Israel. Since its inaugural flight from Geneva to Tel Aviv in September 1948, the airline has grown to serve some 45 destinations, operating scheduled domestic and international services and cargo flights to Europe, North America, Africa and the Near and Far East from its main base in Ben Gurion International Airport.