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|focus_cities=El Al#Matmid>Matmid|lounge=|key_people=Olga Alauof, President|website= sundor.co.ilaoc=|num_employees=}}Sun d'Or (, also styled as Sund'or) is an Israeli airline brand and former airline with its base at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of El Al which uses the brand mainly for seasonal scheduled and charter services mostly to European destinations. All of their flights are operated by El Al as Sun d'Or's own license was suspended in 2011.

History

Sun d'Or was established on 1 October 1977 as El Al Charter Services Ltd., as a subsidiary of El Al at a time when the airline was fully owned by the State. The airline changed its name in 1981 to Sun d’Or (d’Or means "of Gold" in French), and soon after, Uriel Yashiv, the CEO of the airline at the time, chose to add "International Airlines" to the airline's name to create Sun d'Or International Airlines. This additional qualification is not used in Hebrew, however, and both aircraft flown by the company bear solely the "Sun d'Or - סאן דור" title.In 1988 Sun d'Or had its head office in the El Al House in Tel Aviv."World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March 1988. 117 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514035043weblink |date=14 May 2016 }}.Since April 2001, Sun d'Or had grown to become a significant player in the Israeli charter market. The airline also operated flights for incoming tourists, on behalf of European and Israeli operators. In January 2005, Sun d'Or became a private company following the privatisation of El Al. The airline is licensed for the commercial transport of passengers and cargo on charter flights to and from Israel and owned an Air Operator Certificate to operate two leased planes that were fully serviced by El Al's maintenance.Sun D’Or International Airlines remained a fully owned subsidiary company of El Al and as such its passengers could take advantage of this association. Benefits included the ability for passengers to accumulate El Al frequent flyer points on Sun d'Or flights, and the supplying of food including all types of special meals through Tamam-Catering, an El-Al Subsidiary. El Al also provided ground services, air crews and aircraft for Sun d'Or. The airline had introduced a new look website and were to apply the same to their fleet as well.WEB,weblink Sun d'Or Boeing 757 featuring a modified new look in Berlin special fare promotional, 23 May 2011, 5 November 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121105010351weblink">weblink dead, In March 2011, The Israel Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced the suspension of Sun d'Or's operating license effective 1 April 2011. The CAA based its decision citing non-compliance with Israeli and international airline management standards, mainly lack of self-owned planes and crew.WEB,weblink Israel's Sun d'Or has operating licence withdrawn, Since then, Sun d'Or no longer operates own aircraft but utilizes planes from its parent, El Al.In May 2015, El Al confirmed it was in merger talks with its competitor Israir Airlines. While Sun d'Or would be dissolved, El Al would gain shares in Israir instead.WEB,weblink Israel's el al confirms talks to merge Sun d'Or with Israir,

Destinations

{{unreferenced section|date=August 2016}}File:4X-ATY Dietrich Eggert DUS 06-1984.jpg|thumb|A former Sun d'Or Boeing 707, departing from Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf AirportFile:Sun D'Or Boeing 757-200 Stegmeier.jpg|thumb|A former Sun d'Or Boeing 757-200Boeing 757-200File:OM-JEX.jpg|thumb|Sun d'Or Boeing 737-800 operated by El AlEl AlSun d'Or branded flights are operated by El Al to the following destinations as of January 2024:WEB, Flights Sun d'or,weblink live,weblink 1 October 2019, 28 January 2019, {| class="wikitable"! Country! City! Airport! Notes! RefsCroatia>Zagreb>Zagreb Airport>SUN D'OR NS24 A320 OPERATIONS - 14JAN24 >URL=HTTPS://WWW.AEROROUTES.COM/ENG/240116-LYNS24320 DATE=16 JANUARY 2024, 16 January 2024, Cyprus>Larnaca>Larnaca International Airport>Egypt>Sharm El Sheikh>Sharm El Sheikh International Airport> align=center|Georgia (country)>GeorgiaTbilisiTbilisi International Airportalign=centerHTTP://AIRLINEROUTE.NET/2015/12/02/LY5-S16/>TITLE=SUN D'OR ADDS NEW SEASONAL WEEKLY SERVICE IN S16DATE=2 DECEMBER 2015, 2 December 2015, GreecePaphosPaphos International Airport{{Airline seasonal}}align=center|Thessaloniki>Thessaloniki Airport>LIU >FIRST1=JIM TITLE=EL AL / SUN D'OR SCHEDULES NEW SEASONAL ROUTES IN S19 URL=HTTPS://WWW.ROUTESONLINE.COM/NEWS/38/AIRLINEROUTE/280498/EL-AL-SUN-DOR-SCHEDULES-NEW-SEASONAL-ROUTES-IN-S19/, 12 September 2018, Israel>Tel Aviv>Ben Gurion Airport>Italy>Naples>Naples International Airport>Montenegro>Tivat>Tivat Airport> align=centerACCESS-DATE=2023-10-26, www.elal.com, PolandKrakówKraków John Paul II International Airportalign=center|Warsaw>Warsaw Chopin Airport>Portugal>Porto>Porto Airport>Serbia>Belgrade>Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport>Begins 1 April 2024}}align=centerDATE=13 JANUARY 2024, Slovenia>Ljubljana>Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport>Resumes {{dateSUN D'OR ADDS SMARTWINGS 737 SERVICE TO SLOVENIA IN NS24 >URL=HTTPS://WWW.AEROROUTES.COM/ENG/240321-LYNS24LJU WORK=AEROROUTES LANGUAGE=EN-CA, Turkey>Istanbul>Istanbul Airport> align=centerPAGES=1 URL=HTTPS://WWW.ISTAIRPORT.COM/EN/ANNOUNCEMENTS/SUN-DOR-AIRLINES-RESUMES-FLIGHTS-TO-IGA-ISTANBUL-AIRPORT/?LOCALE=EN,

Fleet

As of April 2024, the fleet operated under the Sun d'Or brand consists of the following aircraft:WEB, {{sic, Aircrafts, yes, Sun d'Or |url=http://ch-aviation.com/portal/aircraft/search?search=1&cha=7L |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527142916weblink |archive-date=27 May 2015 |access-date=27 May 2015}}{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center"|+ Sun d'Or Fleet!Aircraft!In Service!Orders!Passengers!Notes|Boeing 737-800| 2|—|189|Operated by El Al!Total!2!—

References

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External links

{{commons category-inline|Sun d'Or International Airlines|Sun d'Or}}

• Official website {{in_lang|en|he}}

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