New York, NY – June 26, 2009 – Award winning photographer David LaChapelle traveled on a nonstop EL AL flight from Los Angeles and arrived in Israel today on what is his first visit in more than 20 years. LaChapelle is attending a four-day annual beauty exhibition in Tel Aviv that features fashion shows, lectures and new designs. He will also tour the country and visit important historic sites.

LaChapelle is a well known celebrity photographer as well as a commercial and film director. He is notorious for his unique, surreal and sometimes humorous artistic style.

About EL AL
Celebrating more than 60 years of service, EL AL, Israel's national airline, offers the most nonstop flights between New York (JFK/Newark) and Israel as well as the only nonstop service from Los Angeles.  Worldwide, EL AL flies to more than 40 destinations from Israel and serves dozens of other destinations throughout the world via partnerships with many other carriers (including 22 additional cities in the U.S.A.). Only EL AL has First Class service on nonstop flights between the U.S.A. and Israel. The airline has annual revenues of about $1.93 billion and carries more than 1.8 million passengers every year.  

EL AL embodies Israel’s values of innovation and caring and the promise of a genuine Israeli welcome.  Your Israel experience begins with EL AL and warm Israeli hospitality. Israeli flight attendants will make you feel at home, the best trained Israeli pilots will take you to and from Israel and passengers enjoy enhanced in-flight dining with freshly prepared healthy meals. 

EL AL. It’s not just an airline. It’s Israel.

Pictured below: Photographer David LaChapelle in LA before boarding his EL AL flight to Israel.