Air Memphis

Air Memphis
IATA code :	M1
ICAO code :	MHS
Call sign :	AIR MEMPHIS
Founding:	1995
Operation stopped:	2013
Seat:	Cairo , Egypt
Home airport :	Cairo International Airport
Management:	Hamdy Eissa
Fleet size:	1
Aims:	National and international
Air Memphis ceased operations in 2013. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Air Memphis was an Egyptian airline based in Cairo and based at Cairo International Airport .

history

The company was founded in August 1995 and began flight operations in March 1996. In 2013 it ceased operations.

fleet

When operations ceased, the Air Memphis fleet consisted of a Douglas DC-9-30 with an average age of 33.6 years.

Incidents

Air Memphis recorded three incidents in its history, one of which was fatal:

• On March 10, 1998, an Air Memphis Boeing 707-300C crashed while taking off from Mombasa . The cargo plane grazed after lifting structures of lights , hit back on to the ground, broke and caught fire. All six occupants were killed (see also Air Memphis Boeing 707 accident in Mombasa ) .

See also

• Former Airlines List (Africa)

Web links

Commons : Air Memphis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Data on the airline Air Memphis in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
• Air Memphis website ( memento of November 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ch-aviation - Air Memphis (English) accessed on September 8, 2013
2. ↑ planespotters.net - SU-PBO Air Memphis McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 - cn 48131 / ln 940 (English) accessed on June 26, 2013
3. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the accident of March 10, 1998 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)