Nesma Airlines

Nesma Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
NE NMA Nesma Airlines
Founded 2010
Hubs Cairo International Airport

Hail Airport

King Abdullaziz International Airport, Jeddah
Fleet size 6
Destinations Middle East
Parent company Nesma Holding Company Ltd.
Headquarters Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Key people Faisal Al-Turki, (CEO, Saudi Arabia)
Ashraf Lamloum (CEO, Egypt)
Website www.nesmaairlines.com

Operations

Nesma Airlines operates scheduled domestic flights within Saudi Arabia as well as international regional flights. Nesma Airlines operates as a full-service carrier on international flights, offering a choice of travel between Business Class and Economy Class.

On domestic flights, Nesma Airlines operates all-Economy aircraft, with free hot and cold beverages, and some small snacks, available during the flight. Depending on the route and destination, other food and drink options may be available for purchase on-board, in addition to a selection of pre-booked meals.[1]

History

Nesma Airlines officially took to the skies in June 2010.

Nesma Airlines first commercial flight was on 18 July 2010 from Hurghada to Ljubljana and the airline currently operates charter flights linking Egypt's most popular tourist spots to Europe and the Middle East mainly to Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Italy,[2] Spain, Poland and France.

And to continue its success in the charter market, the airline started to operate scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia on the 24th of June 2011 to Hail, Tabuk and Taif.[3]

On October 27, 2016, the airline launched domestic flight services within Saudi Arabia. Flights will operate out of the central hub at Hail Regional Airport to various locations in the Kingdom which currently includes Tabuk and Qaisumah. All flights will be flown on board the airline's ATR 72-600 aircraft.

On November 21, 2016, Nesma Airlines began a new operational route [4] based from Jeddah bewteen Riyadh, Dammam and Hail. The flights include six daily trips between Jeddah and Riyadh and two daily trips between Jeddah and Dammam as well as daily trip to Hail. [5] These flights are flown with Nesma Airlines newly leased A320 and A321 aircraft through a joint agreement with Small Planet Airlines.[6]

Destinations

As of November 2016, Nesma Airline's scheduled flights include:

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Fleet

Nesma Airlines Airbus A320 Bertha

Nesma Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of June 2016[7]

Nesma Airlines fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Y Total
Airbus A319-100 1 — 150 150
Airbus A320-200 4 — 180 180 1 Leased from Small Planet Airlines
Airbus A321-200 2 — 220 220 Leased from Small Planet Airlines
ATR 72-600 2 — 70 70
Total 9 —

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