Gryphon Airlines

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Gryphon Airlines
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Hubs Kuwait International Airport
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Parent company Ryan International Airlines
Headquarters Vienna, VA, United States

Gryphon Airlines is an American-owned airline based in Vienna, Virginia, United States, in the Washington, D.C. area. It was the subsidiary of Ryan International Air which provided contracted service to various American airbases in the Middle East. It became the first airline to offer scheduled flights to the military side of Baghdad Airport, when these flights began in March 2007. [1] The airline suspended operations in 2012 as a result of Ryan Airlines filed for bankruptcy. [2]

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Destinations

Gryphon Airlines operated the following services as of February 2010: [3]

Afghanistan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iraq

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Fleet

The Gryphon Airlines fleet included the following aircraft in March 2011: [4]

Safair fleet
AircraftIn fleetNotes
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 1
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 1
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2
Total4

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References

  1. ↑ Giordano, Joseph (2007-03-10). "U.S.-owned aviation firm offering flights between Iraq, Kuwait". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  2. ↑ Leaf, Brian (2/3/12). "'Less military flying' cited in Ryan International Airlines Furloughs".{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.flygryphon.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Amateur fleet list


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