The fall of the Iron Curtain was one of the major events of the decade and as early as January 1990, EL AL marked a historic inaugural flight to the capital of the former Soviet Union, Moscow. Another emotional moment in EL AL's long history was recorded on May 24, 1991 when a Boeing 747 carried a record number of people - 1,087 Jews from Ethiopia to Israel. The flight from Addis Ababa to Israel was part of Operation Solomon, which brought the remnants of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel. In the operation, about 51,000 immigrants were airlifted from Ethiopia.
In September 1992 EL AL inaugurated its Beijing route, after a Boeing 747-200 plane flying the flag of Israel crossed the steppes of Siberia and opened new horizons to Southeast Asia. A year later flights were inaugurated to Mumbai (then Bombay) and Bangkok. In June 1996 the company operated its first flight to Amman, following the peace agreement signed between Israel and Jordan.