Everything about Palestinian Airlines totally explained
Palestinian Airlines (
Arabic: 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
Jeddah. Its main base is
El Arish International Airport.
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).:
1 Boeing 727-200
Palestinian Airlines had also ordered two DeHavilland Dash 8-300 and one Bombardier CRJ-200, seen here
, that were never delivered to the carrier.
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