Alexandria Airlines

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Alexandria Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
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Founded2007;16 years ago (2007)
Hubs Cairo International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations3
Headquarters Cairo, Egypt
Website alexandriaairlines.com

Alexandria Airlines is an Egyptian airline headquartered in Cairo.

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History

The airline was established in 2006 and commenced its operations in March 2007. [1]

In April 2022, it was announced the airline would be resuming operations, from 23 April, from Alexandria to Amman and Kuwait. [2]

Destinations

As of March 2023, Alexandria Airlines operates to the following destinations: [3]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Egypt Alexandria Borg El Arab Airport Hub [2]
Cairo Cairo International Airport [4]
Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Seasonal charter [5]
Jordan Amman Queen Alia International Airport [2]
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait International Airport [2]
Morocco Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport Seasonal charter [5]
Marrakesh Marrakesh Menara Airport Seasonal charter [5]
Tangier Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport Seasonal charter [5]
Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport [6]

Fleet

Current fleet

As of April 2022, Alexandria Airlines operates the following aircraft: [7]

Alexandria Airlines fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotes
FCYTotal
Boeing 737-500 1121121
Boeing 777-300 11242310367
Total2

Former fleet

The airline previously operated two Boeing 737-300 (at August 2017). [8]

Partners

Alexandria Airlines served more than 100 tour operators, as well as airlines such as Nas Air, Buraq Air, Marsland aviation and White Airways. [9]

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References

  1. "About Us". alexandriaairlines.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Egypt's Alexandria Airlines to restart scheduled operations". ch-aviation.com. 15 April 2022.
  3. "Alexandria Airlines Destinations". alexandriaairlines.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. "ALEXANDRIA AIRLINES ADDS CAIRO – JEDDAH SERVICE FROM LATE-OCT 2022". aeroroutes.com. 20 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "ALEXANDRIA AIRLINES ADDS SHARM EL SHEIKH CHARTER ROUTES IN 1Q23". aeroroutes.com. 20 February 2023.
  6. "ALEXANDRIA AIRLINES ADDS CAIRO – JEDDAH SERVICE FROM LATE-OCT 2022". Aeroroutes. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  7. "Our Fleet". jordanaviation.jo. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  8. "Boeing 737 – 300". alexandriaairlines.com. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  9. "Our airlines partners". Alexandria airlines. 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2016.