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El Al was established by the Israeli government in November 1948 (). [1] Initially offering a weekly service between Tel Aviv and Paris in 1949, [2] the airline began flying to many European destinations the same year, with services to the United States and South Africa starting in 1951. [1]
August 16, 1989 (): The first Qantas Boeing 747-400, VH-OJA, the City of Canberra, set a non-stop distance record for a commercial aircraft by flying 17,039 kilometres (10,588 mi; 9,200 nmi), [138] covering a great circle distance of 17,016 kilometres (10,573 mi; 9,188 nmi) between London and Sydney in 20 hours, 9 minutes. The purpose was to ...
Long distance Seattle – Los Angeles 11, 14: 1 359,432 1,377 Crescent: Long distance New York City – New Orleans: 19, 20: 1 303,098 1,377 Downeaster: State-supported Brunswick – Portland – Boston: 680–699, 1689 5 591,948 145 Empire Builder: Long distance Chicago – Spokane – Portland/Seattle: 7, 8, 27, 28: 1 387,953 2,257 (Chicago ...
Principal cities: Mexico City, Chicago, Guatemala City, Tegucigalpa, Winnipeg, San José, San Salvador. Belize [18] Canada (Central Time Zone) Manitoba; Nunavut [17] Area between 85th meridian west and 102nd meridian west, except Southampton Island and adjoining islands, and all of Kitikmeot Region; Ontario. West of 90° west [19] Saskatchewan
Some television stations (such as WKYC and WJW in Cleveland, Ohio, or WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island) have recently begun using the fact that prime time in the Eastern Time Zone begins at 8:00 p.m. to their advantage by carrying a newscast during the 7:00 p.m. hour, generally in order to attract viewers who work longer days and cannot return ...
8.1% 5. Harry Reid International Airport: Paradise, Nevada, United States LAS/KLAS 611,806 5.3% 6. Los Angeles International Airport: Los Angeles, California, United States LAX/KLAX 575,097 3.3% 7. Charlotte Douglas International Airport: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CLT/KCLT 539,066 6.6% 8. Istanbul Airport: Istanbul, Turkey IST ...
The highway serves as a major north–south arterial expressway for much of its routing through Chicago's northern suburbs, as well as an oft-used alternate for truckers avoiding the cost of tolls on the Tri-State Tollway. Before reaching the Wisconsin border, US 41 rejoins I-94 at the northern terminus of the Tri-State Tollway; these two roads ...
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. Eastern Standard Time ( EST ) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00 ).