Flash Airlines

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Flash Airlines
Flash Airlines logo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
-FSHFLASH
Founded1995 (as Heliopolis Airlines)
Ceased operationsMarch 2004
Operating bases Sharm el-Sheikh Int'l Airport
Fleet size2
Parent company Flash Group
Headquarters Cairo, Egypt

Flash Airlines was a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt that was part of the Flash Group tourism company. The airline operated two Boeing 737-3Q8 aircraft manufactured in 1993 on non-scheduled commercial passenger flights on both international and domestic routes.[ citation needed ]

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History

A Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France. (2003) Flash Airlines Boeing 737-3Q8 SU-ZCD retouched.jpg
A Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France. (2003)

The airline was established in 1995 as Heliopolis Airlines. It received its certificate of operation from the Egyptian authorities in 1996. It became a member of the Flash group in 2000. During that year Flash Airlines had one 737-300 with another that joined in 2002. [1]

In 2002, Swiss aviation authorities performed a surprise inspection on SU-ZCF, a Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300. They discovered missing pilot oxygen masks, a lack of oxygen tanks, and inoperable cockpit instruments. The Swiss grounded the aircraft until Flash repaired the plane. Several days later, Switzerland banned Flash. Poland also banned Flash, while tour operators in Norway ceased contracting. In early 2004, SU-ZCF crashed while operating Flash's Flight 604 from Sharm el-Sheikh to Paris via Cairo. The subsequent investigation exposed poor safety measures and pilot disorientation, which led to the demise of Flash.

Fleet

Flash Airlines

The Flash Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft during operations: [2]

AircraftRegistrationDeliveredExitedFate
Boeing 737-3Q8 SU-ZCF22 July 20013 January 2004Crashed as Flash Airlines Flight 604
Boeing 737-3Q8 SU-ZCD16 February 20025 March 2004Became N271LF with ILFC

Heliopolis Airlines

The Heliopolis Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft before merging into Flash group: [3]

AircraftRegistrationDeliveredExitedFate
Airbus A310-222 SU-ZCC27 October 199726 August 1999Became N453FE with FedEx Express
Boeing 737-3Q8 SU-ZCE21 April 200017 May 2000Became N221LF with ILFC, later became SU-ZCF
Boeing 737-3Q8 SU-ZCF23 June 200122 July 2001Stayed as SU-ZCF with Flash Airlines
Boeing 737-3Q8 SU-ZCD16 February 200027 August 2000Stayed as SU-ZCD with Ecoair International
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 SU-ZCA23 August 199613 February 1998Became HK-4137X with Avianca, involved in the Air Algérie Flight 5017 crash

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References

  1. ↑ "Flash Airlines." Flash Tour. 13 December 2000. Retrieved on 1 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Flash Airlines Fleet". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Heliopolis Airlines Fleet
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