Eritrean Airlines
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| IATA code : | B8 |
| ICAO code : | ERT |
| Call sign : | ERITREAN |
| Founding: | 1991 |
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Asmara , Eritrea
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| Home airport : | Asmara airport |
| Management: | Shakil Afab Kashmirwala ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 2 |
| Aims: | National and international |
Eritrean Airlines is the national airline of Eritrea , based in Asmara and based at Asmara Airport .
history
Eritrean Airlines was founded in 1991 during Eritrea's transition to independence, but was mainly by name in the first few years. She initially took over the ground services at the country's airports and acted as a sales agent for other airlines flying to Eritrea. Between 1998 and 2001 it flew as Red Sea Air .
In May 2002 it was decided to start operational flight operations. For this purpose, a leased Boeing 767-300ER was flown in in April 2003 . The next thing to do was to add a brand new Boeing 757-200 to the fleet , but instead a Boeing 767-200ER, which was also leased, was taken over in June 2004 . With destinations in East Africa, Europe and the Middle East, the airline reached its largest route network at that time. Further expansion plans were no longer implemented, the official website was no longer updated.
The Boeing 767-300ER left the fleet again in mid-2006 and was replaced in December of the same year by an Airbus A320-200 , which was operated in wet lease by the Turkish company AtlasGlobal (then Atlasjet). In March 2007 this was again replaced by a Boeing 757-200 from the same operator and finally in December 2007 by a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 .
The flight destinations have since been gradually reduced, the last flight to Frankfurt am Main being canceled in summer 2009. Since then, only a few charter flights have been carried out. However, on July 16, 2011, regular operations were resumed after extensive restructuring.
The airline is currently on the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union . It is therefore prohibited to fly into the European Union with its own aircraft.
Destinations
As of 2012, Eritrean Airlines flew from Asmara to Lahore , Dubai , Jeddah , Cairo and Khartoum . A connection to Frankfurt was started in April 2012 , but was given up again a short time later. Further flights should also be added successively.
fleet
As of July 2019, the Eritrean Airlines fleet consists of two aircraft with an average age of 29.6 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 2 | one each operated by East Air and YanAir (inactive) |
Former aircraft types
See also
Web links
- Photos of the Eritrean Airlines on airliners.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d shabait.com - Revival of the Eritrean Airlines (English), accessed July 22, 2011.
- ↑ Flightglobal Edition 09-2004 , accessed on February 27, 2011.
- ^ The World's Airlines Past, Present & Future. AirlineHistory.co.uk. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ↑ eritrea.be - Eritrean Airlines (English), accessed on February 27, 2011.
- ↑ ertra.com - Let Us Patronize Our Own National Airlines , accessed February 27, 2011.
- ↑ ertra.com - Eritrean Airlines Acquired A Second B767 Aircraft, June 2004 (English), accessed on February 27, 2011.
- ↑ ch-aviation - Atlasjet International Airways News Update, March 18, 2007 , accessed on September 24, 2015.
- ↑ capitaleritrea.com - Eritrean Airlines Stops Flying Asmara-Frankfurt, March 25, 2009 ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 27, 2011.
- ↑ European Commission - List of airlines that are prohibited from operating in the EU, accessed on September 24, 2015.
- ↑ airlineroute.net - Eritrean Airlines Cancels Frankfurt Service from Oct 2012, September 11, 2012 (English) accessed on September 24, 2015.
- ^ Eritrean Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
