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Nesma Airlines is an Egyptian airline (member of Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Group) which operates scheduled international flights to/from Egypt as well as domestic flights within Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It operates as a full-service carrier on international flights.
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Founded | 2007 | ||||||
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Hubs | |||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Destinations | 11 | ||||||
Holding company#Parent company | Nesma Holding Company Ltd. | ||||||
Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||
Key people | Faisal Al-Turki, (CEO, Saudi Arabia) Karim Baky (CEO, Egypt) | ||||||
Website | www |
Nesma Airlines' first commercial flight was on 18 July 2010 from Hurghada to Ljubljana. The airline also operated charter flights linking Egypt, Europe, the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Italy,[1] Spain, Poland and France.
The airline started to operate scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia on the 24 June 2011 to Ha'il, Tabuk and Taif.[2]
On 27 October 2016, the airline launched domestic services within Saudi Arabia, operating out of a central hub at Ha'il Regional Airport to various locations in the Saudi Arabia including Tabuk and Qaisumah using ATR 72-600 aircraft.
On 21 November 2016, Nesma Airlines began new routes [3] from Jeddah between Riyadh, Dammam and Ha'il[4] using A320 aircraft.
As of August 2024, Nesma Airlines' schedule flights included:[5]
As of September 2022, the Nesma Airlines Egypt fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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Airbus A320-200 | 2 | — | 180 | ||
Total | 2 | — |
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
As of July 2022, Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia does not operate any of their own aircraft.[9]
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