Bristol Britannia variant
Bristol Britannia 313
Four production aircraft for El Al, with which the Israeli airline flew the Atlantic.
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- 4
- Units built
- 139
- Passengers
History
El Al's Britannias
The four Model 313s were built for El Al, which used them on transatlantic routes. While waiting for the last one to be delivered, the airline leased a former Series 305 redesignated Model 306, which would later become a 307.
For a few years the Britannia was the long-range aircraft of choice for European and Commonwealth carriers — BOAC, El Al, Canadian Pacific, Cubana — but its window was narrow: the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 jets arrived almost immediately and the turboprop was relegated to freight and charter work.