El Al has announced that it will purchase two Boeing 757 aircraft at a cost of $75 million, to be delivered in November and December, 1987. The twin-engined Rolls-Royce powered jets seat 191 passengers. They will replace aging Boeing 707 aircraft due to be retired in January 1988.
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