AMC Airlines

AMC Airlines
IATA code :	YJ
ICAO code :	AMV
Call sign :	AMC AIRLINES
Founding:	1988
Seat:	Cairo , Egypt
Home airport :	Cairo International Airport
Fleet size:	5
Aims:	international
Website:	amcairlines.com

AMC Airlines is an Egyptian charter airline based in Cairo and based at Cairo International Airport .

history

The company was founded in 1988 as a maintenance company under the name A ircraft M aintenance C ompany . In the following year she received an Air Operator Certificate for the implementation of national air taxi services and on October 12, 1992 an operating license for charter flights . At the end of 1992, the company was the first jet aircraft to take over a Boeing 737-200 , which was used in the AMC Aviation brand . In 2004 the company was given its current name AMC Airlines .

fleet

Current fleet

Airbus A320-200 SU-GBG at Stuttgart Airport, spring 2019

As of March 2020, the AMC Airlines fleet consists of five aircraft with an average age of 22.4 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A320-200	1		inactive	145
Boeing 737-500	2			114
Boeing 737-800	2		with winglets fitted	186 189
total	5	-

Historic fleet

In the past, AMC Airlines operated aircraft of the types Airbus A300-200 and A310-300 as well as Boeing 737-200 , Boeing 737-400 and McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and MD-90 .

Incidents

The SU-BOZ after the failed landing (2006)

• An accident occurred on June 23, 2006 when a scheduled passenger aircraft that took off from Khartoum airport landed . The AMC Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 ( aircraft registration SU-BOZ ) rolled over the runway at Juba Airport and was badly damaged. No people were harmed. The aircraft was then removed and repaired.

• On October 11, 2007 a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) of AMC Airlines (SU-BOY) had to make an emergency landing at Istanbul-Ataturk Airport . The machine was on its way from Hurghada to Warsaw . She made a controlled belly landing and came off the runway . A passenger was injured in the incident. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

• On December 25, 2011, another incident occurred during a flight of the MD-83 with the registration number SU-BOZ . It had to make an emergency landing at Karachi Airport with the nose wheel retracted . The aircraft was on a flight from Tabuk to Quetta with 74 passengers . As in the first incident involving the machine, no one was injured. The MD-83 was then put into storage.

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : AMC Airlines  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the AMC Airlines (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AMC Airlines, About AMC Airlines (in English), accessed March 13, 2018.
2. ↑ AMC Aviation Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 9, 2020 . 
3. ↑ airfleets.net - Fleet age AMC Airlines (English) accessed on July 28, 2016.
4. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the accident of June 23, 2006 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
5. ↑ Photo of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 SU-BOZ
6. ↑ accident report DC-9-83 SU-BOY , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 30 August 2020th
7. ↑ AMC MD83 landed without nose gear
8. ↑ SU-BOZ AMC Aviation MD-83