Sundor

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Sundor (Template:Langx, previously styled as Sun d'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 Sundor's own license was suspended in 2011.

History

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The former Sundor logo before its rebranding in 2024.

Sundor 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 Sundor (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 "Sundor - סאן דור" title.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1988, Sundor had its head office in the El Al House in Tel Aviv.[1]

Since April 2001, Sundor 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, Sundor 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Sundor 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 Sundor 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 Sundor. The airline had introduced a new look website and were to apply the same to their fleet as well.[2]

In March 2011, The Israel Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced the suspension of Sundor'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.[3] Since then, Sundor no longer operates own aircraft but utilizes planes from its parent, El Al.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In May 2015, El Al confirmed it was in merger talks with its competitor Israir Airlines. While Sundor would be dissolved, El Al would gain shares in Israir instead.[4]

Destinations

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A former Sundor Boeing 707, departing from Düsseldorf Airport in 1984
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A former Sundor Boeing 757-200, retired in 2011 and broken up in 2012
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Sundor Boeing 737-800 operated by El Al

Sundor branded flights are operated by El Al to the following destinations as of January 2024:[5]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Script error: No such module "flag". Tirana Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza Template:Airline seasonal [6][7]
Template:CRO Zagreb Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport Terminated [8]
Script error: No such module "flag". Larnaca Larnaca International Airport [9]
Paphos Paphos International Airport Template:Coming soon [9][10][11]
Script error: No such module "flag". Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Terminated
Script error: No such module "flag". Lyon Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Terminated [12]
Nice Nice Côte d'Azur Airport Terminated [13]
Script error: No such module "flag". Batumi Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport Template:Airline seasonal
Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport [14][15]
Script error: No such module "flag". Athens Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos Terminated [16]
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" Template:Airline seasonal [17][18]
Kefalonia Kefalonia International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [19]
Mykonos Mykonos Airport Template:Airline seasonal [17][16]
Preveza / Lefkada Aktion National Airport Template:Airline seasonal [17][16]
Rhodes Rhodes Airport Template:Airline seasonal [20]
Sitia Sitia Public Airport Terminated [19][16]
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" Template:Airline seasonal [20][15][16]
Thira Santorini International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [21]
Script error: No such module "flag". Tel Aviv David Ben Gurion Airport Template:Airline hub
Script error: No such module "flag". Naples Naples-Capodichino International Airport Terminated [15]
Template:MLD Chișinău Chișinău International Airport [20]
Script error: No such module "flag". Podgorica Podgorica Airport Terminated [22]
Tivat Tivat Airport Template:Airline seasonal [23][15]
Script error: No such module "flag". Kraków Kraków John Paul II International Airport [15]
Warsaw Warsaw Chopin Airport [9]
Script error: No such module "flag". Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport [24]
Script error: No such module "flag". Belgrade Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport [25]
Script error: No such module "flag". Piešťany Piešťany Airport Terminated [22]
Script error: No such module "flag". Ljubljana Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport Terminated [26]
Script error: No such module "flag". Istanbul Istanbul Airport Terminated [27]

Fleet

Template:As of, the fleet operated under the Sun d'Or brand consists of the following aircraft:[28]Template:Needs updateTemplate:Better source needed

Sundor Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-800 6 — 189 Operated by El Al.
4 leased from KlasJet.
Total 6 —

References

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External links

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