Arkia Israeli Airlines

Arkia Israeli Airlines ארקיע
IATA code :	IZ
ICAO code :	AIZ
Call sign :	ARKIA
Founding:	1949
Seat:	Tel Aviv , Israel
Home airport :	* Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Tel Aviv-Sde-Dov
Company form:	Limited
IATA prefix code :	238
Frequent Flyer Program :	Amit Arkia
Fleet size:	7 (+ 11 orders)
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.arkia.co.il

Arkia Israeli Airlines ( Hebrew ארקיע I'm going to fly high ) is the second largest Israeli airline with headquarters in Tel Aviv and bases at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion and Tel Aviv-Sde-Dov airports .

history

Arkia Israeli Airlines was founded in 1949 by El Al as Arkia Inland Airlines and began operating in 1950. In 1972 Kanaf Airlines and Aviation Services took over 50 percent of the airline's shares and renamed it Kanaf Arkia Airline and Aviation Services .

After the insolvency of Primera Air Scandinavia , Arkia Israeli Airlines became the first customer of the Airbus A321LR . However, by installing 220 seats, the company cannot use the increased range of 4000 nautical miles, which would only be possible with up to 206 seats.

Destinations

Arkia Israeli Airlines offers both scheduled and charter flights as well as package deals. In the regular service it flies within Israel from Eilat to Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion , Tel Aviv-Sde-Dov and Haifa . Cities in Europe are served internationally, as is Munich , the only German-speaking line destination .

fleet

Embraer 195 of the Arkia in the former color scheme

As of March 2020, the Arkia Israeli Airlines fleet consists of seven aircraft with an average age of 4.1 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A321LR	3	1	First customer, first delivery on December 14, 2018	220
Airbus A330-900neo		4th		- open -
Embraer 190	1			110
Embraer 195	3			122
Embraer 195-E2		6th		- open -
total	7th	11

Incidents

• On October 26, 1969, an Arkia Vickers Viscount 833 ( aircraft registration number 4X-AVC) had an accident while landing during a night training flight at Tel Aviv-Lod airport . All three pilots on board survived the total write-off.

• In November 2002, an Arkia Israeli Airlines Boeing 757-300 narrowly escaped being shot down by a shoulder-supported 9K32 Strela-2 after it had taken off shortly before from Mombasa .

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Arkia Israeli Airlines  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Arkia Israeli Airlines website (Hebrew, English, French, Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} arkia.com - Domestic Terms & Conditions , accessed on November 20, 2013
2. ↑ The first airline has an Airbus A321 LR , accessed on December 20, 2018
3. ↑ Flights to Israel . arkia.com (English) accessed November 20, 2013
4. ^ Arkia - Israeli Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 22, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Airbus - Orders & deliveries , accessed on June 17, 2016
6. ↑ arkia.com - Company Profile and History (English), accessed on June 6, 2016
7. ↑ Airbus hands over first customer A321LR to Arkia , November 13, 2018
8. ^ Israel's Arkia to take maiden A321neo (LR). ch-aviation , October 16, 2018.
9. ↑ Accident report Viscount 800 4X-AVC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 21, 2019.
10. ↑ Focus - Handy, Practical, Deadly , accessed on December 20, 2018