AlMasria Universal Airlines
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| Founded | 2007 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Cairo International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 5 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
AlMasria Universal Airlines(Arabic:المصرية العالمية للطيران) is an Egyptian privateairline.The airline operates scheduled and charter services from Egypt. 'AlMasria' is derived from the Arabic word for 'Egyptian'.
Operations
[edit]Plans for AlMasria Universal Airlines were announced in 2008 and the airline launched operations in June 2009. In an interview in April 2009 the appointed company president and CEO, Hassan Aziz stated that the airline would launch operations in 2009 to take advantage of low prices during the global financial crisis to tap demand for air travel in the most populous Arab country. The first aircraft arrived in Egypt in April 2009 and the second one in August 2009. Both aircraft are leased fromBOC Aviation.The airline's CEO stated the plans call for a further 3 A320 will join during the first year of operation. An eventual fleet of 10 aircraft is planned by 2014. "We aim to dry-lease the first aircraft for the first three years", says Aziz. "After five years we aim to buy aircraft from Airbus by 2014. We don't want to load the balance sheet by buying $250 million in assets at the start."
In December 2009 the airline became the first international airline to operate flights toSaudi Arabia'sYanbu Airport.In June 2010 the airline repeated the milestone atQassim Regional Airport.Previously both Yanbu and Qassim airports were domestic airports. Both flights originate fromCairo International Airport.The company also offers cargo services in the bellyhold of its passenger fleet. Maintenance is outsourced completely toEgyptairunder a total service agreement, with the airline also training AlMasria flight crew and the technical team. Ground-handling will be through Egyptair, with passenger services undertaken by Egypt Aviation Services and catering by a new venture between Egyptair andLufthansa's LSG Sky Chefs.
In 2017, the airline scaled back scheduled operations and resumed charter services and ACMI operations (includingTunis Air).
Destinations
[edit]The AlMasria Universal Airlines route network consists of the following destinations:[1]
Fleet
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As of February 2020, The AlMasria Universal Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | — | — | 177 | 177 | |
| 1 | 180 | 180 | ||||
| Airbus A330-200 | 1[7] | — | TBA | 302 | ||
| Boeing 737-400 | 2 | — | — | 168 | 168 | |
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | — | — | 129 | 129 | |
| Total | 6 | — | ||||
References
[edit]- ^"AlMasria Airlines Route Network".AlMasria Universal Airlines.Archived fromthe originalon 31 August 2019.Retrieved31 August2019.
- ^"Египетская авиакомпания AlMasria запускает рейсы из Калининграда в Шарм-эль-Шейх".Interfax-Tourism(in Russian). 20 March 2024.Retrieved20 March2024.
- ^"Казан аэропортыннан Мисырга яңа авиарейслар җибәрелде".Казан шәһәренең җирле үзидарә органнарының рәсми порталы.Retrieved14 December2023.
- ^Резвов, Андрей (11 July 2024)."Турфирмы озвучили цены на отдых в Египте с прямым вылетом из Волгограда: сравниваем с ценниками турбаз".bloknot-volgograd.ru(in Russian).Retrieved12 July2024.
- ^"Египетская авиакомпания будет выполнять полеты из Перми в Шарм-эль-Шейх до конца марта".business-class.su(in Russian). Business Class. 25 December 2023.Retrieved25 December2023.
- ^"Fleet".almasriaairlines.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-02-16.Retrieved2020-02-16.
- ^Flightradar24."Flightradar24 - Live flight tracker!".Flightradar24.
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External links
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