ESTABLISHED IN 1998. CHARTER, INTERNATIONAL, PASSENGER, JET AIRPLANE SERVICES.
EGYPT (ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT): POPULATION: 72 MILLION. ESTABLISHED IN 1922. EGYPT'S HUGE AND GROWING POPULATION, IS AMONG THE BEST-EDUCATED - AND WORST EMPLOYED - IN THE ARAB WORLD. IN THE LAST 50 YEARS, SINCE NATIONALISTS OUSTED A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY, AND THE LAST VESTIGES OF BRITISH CONTROL, EGYPT HAS BEEN DEMOCRATIC, BUT AUTHORITARIAN. COVERS AN AREA OF 1,001,449 SQ KM, ITS CAPITAL CITY IS CAIRO, AND ITS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS ARABIC.
OCTOBER 1996: TO TURKEY AND GREEK ISLANDS.
CONSIDERING PROPOSAL FOR 767 (RR) AIRPLANE & 1 737-230 AS START UP EQUIPMENT.
MARCH 1998: 1 ORDER (JULY 1998) 737-230 FROM FRENCH COMPANY, WHO HAVE ARRANGED FOR A "D" MAINTENANCE CHECK BEFORE DELIVERY. IN MEANTIME, MAY LEASE 1 737-400.
JUNE 1998: STARTS OPERATIONS WITH 1 737-222 (19064), EX-EURALAIR (ERA). CHARTER FLIGHTS TO TURKEY, GREECE, AND CYPRUS.
THE PAINT SCHEME ON THIS AIRPLANE MAKES IT THE MOST VISIBLE AND EYE APPEALING AIRPLANE IN AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST.
SEPTEMBER 1998: PLANS TO ACQUIRE 2ND AIRPLANE BY THE END OF 1998.
OCTOBER 1998: 737-222 (SU-PMA "AKHNATON").
OCTOBER 1999: MOHAMMED SALEM EL-TAYEB, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, EX-CIVIL AVIATION, REPLACED NABIL EL-SAYED.
737-400 (25740, SU-PMB), (ILF) 5 YEAR LEASED.
AUGUST 2000: ZYED ABDEL AZIZ, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR.
737-4Q8 HGW (25740), RETURNED TO (ILF), LEASED TO VIRGIN BLUE (VOZ).
FEBRUARY 2001: STARTS "D" MAINTENANCE CHECK ON 737-222 AT THE ECAM MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN SHARM EL SHEIK, EGYPT, AND WILL RETURN AIRPLANE TO SERVICE.
APRIL 2001: SITA: CAIPHCR OR CAIOPXH.
AUGUST 2001: 737-222 (SU-PMA) "D" MAINTENANCE CHECK BY EGYPTAIR (EGP), AFTER BEING IN STORAGE SINCE FEBRUARY 2000 AT ECAM, A LOCAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY, LOCATED IN SHARM EL-SHEIK.
July 2002: 737-222 in "D" maintenance check.
August 2002: Suspends operations.
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