Arab Air Carriers Organization

AACO logo

The Arab Air Carriers' Organization ( AACO ; Arabic الاتحاد العربي للنقل الجوي, DMG al-ittiḥād al-ʿarabī li-n-naql al-ǧawī ) is an association of Arab airlines . It was founded in 1965 by the Arab League with the aim of promoting cooperation and standardizing quality and safety among Arab airlines. The seat is in Beirut .

tasks

Work is currently underway to develop Arabesk , an alliance of regional airlines. This should consist of the companies Egypt Air , Gulf Air , Middle East Airlines , Oman Air , Yemenia , Tunisair , Royal Jordanian , Turkish Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines . It is planned to coordinate the flight plans in order to be able to offer a network of 500 destinations worldwide. Joint ticketing, codeshare offers and a frequent flyer program will round off the offer.

The AACO works closely with the international aviation organizations IATA and ICAO .

Members

As of June 2019, the following airlines are members of the AACO:

•  Afriqiyah Airways (member since 2002)
•  Air Algerie (1971)
•  Air Arabia (2004)
•  Air Cairo (2007)
•  Badr Airlines (2015)
•  Egypt Air (1965)
•  Emirates (1989)
•  Etihad Airways (2004)
•  Flydubai (2014)
•  Fly Egypt (2017)
•  Flynas (2012)
•  Gulf Air (1971)
•  Iraqi Airways (1965)
•  Jordan Aviation (2004)
•  Kuwait Airways (1965)
•  Libyan Airlines (1970)
•  Mauritania Airlines (2015)
•  Middle East Airlines (1965)
•  Nile Air (2014)
•  Nouvelair Tunisie (2011)
•  Oman Air (1997)
•  Palestinian Airlines (1999)
•  Qatar Airways (1997)
•  Royal Air Maroc (1974)
•  Royal Jordanian (1965)
•  Saudi Arabian Airlines (1965)
•  SaudiGulf Airlines (2017)
•  Sudan Airways (1965)
•  Syrian Arab Airlines (1965)
•  Tarco Aviation (2019)
•  Tassili Airlines (2012)
•  Tunisair (1972)
•  Yemenia (1965)

partner

As of December 2018, the following airlines are partners of AACO:

•  International Airlines Group (2012)
•  Turkish Airlines (2011)

Web links

Commons : Arab Air Carriers Organization  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Arab Air Carriers Organization

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Member Airlines. AACO. Retrieved June 19, 2019
2. ↑ Partner Airlines. AACO. Retrieved December 17, 2018.