Sama Airlines
| Sama Airlines | |
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| IATA code : | ZS |
| ICAO code : | SMY |
| Call sign : | NAJIM |
| Founding: | 2007 |
| Operation stopped: | 2010 |
| Seat: |
Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
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| Home airport : | Dammam Airport |
| Management: | Bruce Ashby CEO |
| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Sama Airlines ceased operations in 2010. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Sama LelTayaran Company Limited ( Sama for short ) was a Saudi Arabian low-cost airline based in Riyadh and its home base at Dammam Airport .
history
The company was founded by Investment Enterprises Ltd., led by Prince Bandar bin Khalid al Faisal. The capitalization was carried out by 30 Saudi private and institutional investors, such as Olayan Financial Co, Xenel Industries Ltd, Saudi Industrial Service Co, Sara Development Company Ltd and Modern Investment Company for Trade and Industries. The first flight took place on March 19, 2007. Sama is the second low-cost airline besides Nasair in Saudi Arabia. The technical service of the machines is supported by Lufthansa Technik .
Sama had to cease operations on August 24, 2010 due to financial difficulties.
Destinations
Sama served destinations within Saudi Arabia such as Riyadh or Jeddah , destinations in the Middle East ( Jordan , Lebanon , Syria , United Arab Emirates ) as well as in India ( Mumbai ) and Egypt ( Alexandria , Assiut , Sharm El-Sheikh ).
fleet
In the end, the Sama fleet consisted of seven aircraft:
See also
Web links
- Photos of Sama Airlines on Airliners.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b flysama.com - About us (English)
- ↑ flightglobal.com - Saudi Arabia's Sama to suspend all operations (English) August 23, 2010
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Sama Airlines' fleet ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2010 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)
