ElA1, Israel’s airline, announced today that it was chartering two more Boeing jets in anticipation of increased tourist traffic from the United States to Israel in 1968. M. Ben Ari, general manager of the airline, said that, in spite of the tension and the war E1 A1 flew 34,000 passengers to Israel during the first nine months of 1967.
Representatives of the Boeing company meanwhile are concluding an agreement here for the purchase by El Al of two new conventional jets and one jumbo jet which is expected to be ready in the early 1970’s.
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