Air Sinai

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Air Sinai
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
4D ASD AIR SINAI
Founded1982
Ceased operations2021
Parent company
Egyptair Airlines Company
HeadquartersCairo, Egypt

Air Sinai (

wet lease-like agreement[1]
to serve flights exclusively between Egypt and Israel.

History

Air Sinai's own livery, used in the 1980s
Embraer 170 in basic Egyptair Express
livery used by Air Sinai

The

Nefertiti Aviation), which for political reasons could not be handled by parent company Egyptair.[2]

Services started using a

Boeing 707-320C was leased and operated on behalf of Egyptair on their flights to Europe, especially twice weekly from Cairo to Copenhagen.[citation needed
]

Due to the tense

IATA code 4D. In February 2020, online booking was introduced via a website run by a third-party travel agency.[2]

On October 3, 2021, Egyptair commenced operating direct flights from Cairo to Tel Aviv under its livery, bringing an end to the Air Sinai era.[4][5]

Destinations

Until 2021, Air Sinai served the following destinations on behalf of Egyptair.[3]

Egypt
Israel
  • Ben Gurion International Airport

Fleet

Due to the nature of its operations, Air Sinai used two unmarked Airbus A220 aircraft, SU-GFA & SU-GFD owned by Egyptair to operate its flights. Other types, including larger aircraft were also used based on operational requirements, with Egyptair markings then being removed. On some occasions, Egyptair branded aircraft have also been utilised.[citation needed]

In September 2019, it was announced the airline would replace

Embraer 170 operations with Airbus A220 aircraft operated by Egyptair from 1 March 2020.[6] In December 2019, the first Airbus A220 flight was moved forward to 9 December 2019.[7]

In May 2021, Air Sinai's Airbus A220 have been removed from service, and subsequently begun flying for Nigeria's Ibom Air.[8]

See also

Airlines created for political reasons:

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 66.
  2. ^ a b c Telushkin, Shira (23 April 2020). "The Ghost Airline That Has Linked Cairo and Tel Aviv for Decades". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Hush hush on Egypt's phantom flight to Israel". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. ^ "First EgyptAir flight between Cairo and Tel Aviv lands at Ben Gurion Airport". Times of Israel. 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  5. ^ Schneider, Tal (2021-09-13). "EgyptAir to launch direct Tel Aviv-Cairo flights next month". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  6. ^ "Air Sinai schedules Airbus A220 service from March 2020". routesonline.com. 16 September 2019.
  7. ^ Liu, Jim (6 December 2019). "Air Sinai moves forward A220 service to Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Air Sinai's Airbus A220s Set to Fly for Nigeria's Ibom Air". 31 May 2021.

External links

Media related to Air Sinai at Wikimedia Commons

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