4X-ACW  Douglas DC-3                           (c/n   14609/26054)
            
                                 

                                     Arkia was formed in 1951 as Israel Inland Airlines as an associate, if not a subsidiary of, El Al to
                                     operate domestic services within Israel, particularly to the Negev, and the Red Sea port of Eilat.
                                     It later expanded to international and charter flights.    4X-ACW was an ex C-47B-5-DK and
                                     was acquiired in 1950 from Swissair where it had flown as HB-IRD.