Palestinian Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline = Palestinian Airlines
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fleet_size = 3
destinations = 2
IATA = PF
ICAO = PNW
callsign = PALESTINIAN
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founded = 1995
headquarters =
key_people = Saad Edden Kharma (Chairman)
hubs = El Arish International Airport
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website = http://www.palairlines.com/

Palestinian Airlines ( _ar. الخطوط الفلسطينية) is an airline based in Egypt. It operates scheduled international services from El Arish, Egypt to Amman, Jordan and pilgrim charter services to JeddahUpdate after | 2007 | 09 | 22 | BANNER=N . Its main base is El Arish International Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 61 | date= 2007-04-10]

Palestinian Airlines is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

History

The airline was established on 1 January 1995 and started operations in June 1997 with a series of charter flights carrying pilgrims to Jeddah. The flights were originally to operate from Gaza, but due to an Israeli ban, the services operated from Port Said, in northern Egypt. Scheduled services began on 23 July 1997, operating from El Arish to Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Palestinian Airlines transferred its base to Gaza following the opening of the airport in November 1998. The airline was grounded in October 2000 following the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada and was forced to move to El Arish International Airport in December 2001, after destruction of the runway at its previous base, Yasser Arafat International Airport, where it operated limited services. It is wholly owned by the Palestinian Authority and has 398 employees (at March 2007).

Destinations

Palestinian Airlines operate the following services:

*Egypt
**Arish (El Arish International Airport)
*Jordan
**Amman (Queen Alia International Airport)
*Turkey
**Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport)
*United Arab Emirates
**Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi International Airport)
**Dubai (Dubai International Airport)
*Saudi-Arabia
**Jeddah (King Abdulaziz International Airport)
*Qatar
**Doha (Doha International Airport)
*Cyprus
**Larnaca (Larnaca International Airport)

Former destinations

Scheduled flights were operated to these cities: Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul, Jeddah and Larnaca.

They had also planned on extending operations to India and Pakistan.

Fleet

The Palestinian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2008):

*1 Boeing 727-200
*2 Fokker 50

Previously operated

At August 2006 the airline also operated ["Flight International", 3-9 October 2006] :
*1 Boeing 727-200

Palestinian Airlines had also ordered two DeHavilland Dash 8-300 and one Bombardier CRJ-200, seen [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Palestinian%20Airlines&distinct_entry=true| here] , that were never delivered to the carrier.

References

External links

* [http://www.palairlines.com/ Palestinian Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=PF&al_op=1 Palestinian Airlines Fleet]