Most people can't wait to fly any airline other than El-Al. But I have found that El-Al has been getting increasingly better, not to mention the fact that it is more secure, than any other airline I have flown.
I had four flights booked with BA (British Airways), totaling $1900 +. That's a very large amount of money. NOT one of my flights left on time. The first leg, Israel to London was delayed nearly two hours, once we were all already onboard, because of Engine trouble.
The flight leaving London for Chicago was also delayed, because a whole group of people who were on the flight connecting from Africa (where they had been on mission) started throwing up. When we landed they had to taxi the plane to a remote part of the airport and wait for a health inspector to come on board to clear us before we could get off.
The flight back to London was ok except someone had a heart-attack in first class (I think if you are going to have a heart-attack first class is definitely the way to go). We had to wait for the ambulance to clear him before we could disembark.
And as if that was not bad enough. Leaving to London to come home, again once we were already onboard the plane, there was a problem getting the auxiliary power to work. This meant there was no airconditioning. They could not turn on the airconditioning until the engines were switched on, they could not switch the engines on until the doors were close, they could not close the doors because there was no auxiliary power. So there we were sitting for nearly 2 hours on a very hot airplane, waiting for them to bring an emergency generator to power-up the engines. How many Israelis do you think will sit quietly, without complaining or screaming on a 35 degree+ plane for over an hour?
Anyway - ElAl for me all the way from now on!
Oh and in case you are wondering the food sucks on BA.
