Palestinian Airlines
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| Founded | 1995 | |||
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| Hubs | El Arish International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 3 | |||
| Destinations | 9 | |||
| Headquarters |  El Arish, Egypt |
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| Key people | Saad Edden Kharma (Chairman) | |||
| Website | www.palairlines.com | |||
Palestinian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الفلسطينية al-khutut al-filastiniya) is an airline based in Egypt that is wholly owned by the Palestinian Authority.[1] Up until it stopped operations in 2001, the airline had scheduled international services from El Arish, Egypt to Amman, Jordan and pilgrim charter services to Jeddah. Its main base is El Arish International Airport.[1]
Palestinian Airlines is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
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[edit] History
The airline was established on 1 January 1995 and started operations in June 1997 with a series of charter flights carrying pilgrims to Jeddah. The flights were originally slated to operate from Gaza, but due to an Israeli ban, the services operated from Port Said, in northern Egypt. Scheduled services began on 23 July 1997, operating from El Arish to Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Palestinian Airlines transferred its base to Gaza following the opening of the airport in November 1998 and added a number of new routes in the region. The airline was grounded in October 2000 following the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada and was forced to move to El Arish International Airport in December 2001, after destruction of the runway at its previous base, Yasser Arafat International Airport, where it operated limited services. It is wholly owned by the Palestinian Authority and has 398 employees (as of March 2007).[1]
According to their website schedule flights were operated during June 2004 on Arish-Amman route.
[edit] Destinations
Palestinian Airlines historic network, the airline had also planned to expand services to Athens, Frankfurt, Paris, Rome and London: [2]
* Denotes special flights may operate from these cities pending demand
- Bahrain
- Bahrain International Airport [suspended]
- Cyprus
- Larnaca – Larnaca International Airport [suspended]
- Egypt
- Arish – El Arish International Airport Base *
- Cairo – Cairo International Airport [suspended]
- Port Said – Port Said Airport [suspended]
- Jordan
- Amman – Marka Airport *
- Kuwait
- Kuwait International Airport [suspended]
- Palestine
- Gaza – Yasser Arafat International Airport Former Base [closed]
- Qatar
- Doha – Doha International Airport [suspended]
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Damascus – Damascus International Airport [suspended]
- Turkey
- Istanbul – Atatürk International Airport [suspended]
- United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi – Abu Dhabi International Airport [suspended]
- Dubai – Dubai International Airport [suspended]
[edit] Fleet
The Palestinian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2011):[3]
- 1 Boeing 727-200 (SU-YAK, stored in Netherlands)
- 2 Fokker 50 (SU-YAH active, SU-YAI stored in Jordan)
[edit] Previously operated
The airline also operated the following: [3]
- 2 Bombardier Dash 8-300 (SU-YAM/YAN, both sold)
- 1 Ilyushin Il-62
Palestinian Airlines had also ordered two Bombardier CRJ-200, seen here, that were never delivered to the carrier.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 61. 2007-04-10.
- ^ Palestinian Airlines history
- ^ a b PF Fleet history
