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==Subsidiaries== ===Borenstein Caterers=== The main business of Borenstein, a company fully owned by El Al, registered in the U.S. and operating at New York's JFK airport, is the production and supply of kosher ready meals to airlines and other institutions. ===Katit=== Katit (a company fully owned by El Al) is mainly engaged in the production and supply of meals to the company's employees. ===Sun d'Or=== [[File:OM-JEX.jpg|thumb|A Sun d'Or [[Boeing 737-800]] operated by El Al]] {{main|Sun d'Or}} The charter operations of the group is carried out through [[Sun d'Or]], a company fully owned by El Al. Sun d'Or operates as a tourist organizer for wholesalers and individuals and markets charter and scheduled flights, both by means of leasing full aircraft capacity to third parties, or aircraft parts' capacity to a number of partners for pre-negotiated prices, or by direct sales. Starting from 2011, Sun D'Or operates as a tourist organizer, while maintaining the "Sun d'Or" brand for scheduled and charter flights marketed by Sun d'Or. 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/03/20/354557/israels-sun-dor-has-operating-licence-withdrawn.html|title=Israel's Sun d'Or has operating licence withdrawn}}</ref> Since then, Sun d'Or no longer operates own aircraft but utilizes planes from its parent, El Al. ===Superstar Holidays=== Superstar (a company fully owned by El Al) is a tourist wholesaler that markets tourist package deals to travel agents and passengers, and sells airline tickets at discounted prices for flights on the company's routes. ===Tamam=== Tamam (a company fully owned by El Al) is mainly engaged in the production and supply of kosher ready meals to airline companies. ===Former=== ====Up==== [[File:4X-EKO - EL-AL ΧΧ Χ’Χ - Boeing 737-86Q - BUD-TLV - 20-Jan-2016 (24433106621).jpg|thumb|A former Up [[Boeing 737-800]]]] {{main|Up (airline)}} On 26 November 2013, El Al unveiled its now-defunct low cost airline "Up",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://images1.ynet.co.il/PicServer3/2013/11/26/4997413/4997349391291640360no.jpg |title=UP livery on a 737-800 |access-date=2014-07-18}}</ref><ref name=up>{{cite web|last=Elis |first=Niv |url=http://www.jpost.com/Business/Business-News/El-Al-launches-low-cost-flight-brand-Up-333054 |title=El Al starting low cost airline |publisher=Jpost.com |date=2013-11-26 |access-date=2014-07-18}}</ref> which commenced operations on 30 March 2014, initially to [[Berlin]], [[Budapest]], [[Kyiv]], [[Larnaca]] and [[Prague]]<ref name=up/> using five [[Boeing 737-800]]s transferred from the El Al fleet.<ref name=up/> Up was founded by its parent El Al to be used on some routes to Europe where it replaced El Al itself. All Up flights were operated by El Al, using El Al's call sign and codes with a four digit number.<ref name="up"/> For flights over two hours the airline offered a [[buy on board]] service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flyup.com/SiteCollectionImages/Menu/Menu.pdf|title=Menu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822012449/http://www.flyup.com/SiteCollectionImages/Menu/Menu.pdf|archive-date=2014-08-22|publisher=Up|page=5|access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref> In August 2014, [[Ryanair]] CEO [[Michael O'Leary (businessman)|Michael O'Leary]] foreshadowed the development of a Ryanair Israel, connecting Israel with cities across Europe. He said an inhibiting factor in the plan was Israeli authorities' protectiveness of El Al from competition. The CEO of Up wished to recreate the airline business world.<ref name="RyanairIsrael">{{cite news|title=Israeli market beckons Ryanair|url=http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/sid/225083355|date=25 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014|publisher=Irish Sun.com}}</ref> Ryanair started serving [[Ovda Airport]] and [[Ben Gurion Airport]] in the winter season 2017/18 from several airports throughout Europe. Up ceased operations on 14 October 2018. All of its six destinations and fleet were reintegrated into mainline El Al operations.<ref name="ch-avelal">{{Cite web |last=Nadalet |first=Ivan |date=4 January 2018 |title=Israel's El Al to drop UP budget brand |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/63062-israels-el-al-to-drop-up-budget-brand |website=ch-aviation.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/in-israel/local/el-al-cancels-low-cost-brand-up-33481|title=EL AL cancels low-cost brand UP, plans to implement new tourist class format|publisher=JOL|date=4 January 2018|access-date=2018-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714031254/http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/in-israel/local/el-al-cancels-low-cost-brand-up-33481|archive-date=2018-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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