Wataniya Airways
| Wataniya Airways | |
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| IATA code : | Q9 |
| ICAO code : | WAN |
| Call sign : | WATANIYA |
| Founding: | 2005 |
| Operation stopped: | 2018 |
| Seat: |
Kuwait City , Kuwait
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| Home airport : | Kuwait airport |
| Management: | Ali Al Fouzan ( Chairman ) |
| Fleet size: | 3 |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.wataniyaairways.com |
| Wataniya Airways ceased operations in 2018. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Wataniya Airways was a Kuwaiti airline with headquarters in Kuwait City .
history
Wataniya Airways was founded in 2005 and began flight operations in 2009, initially with an Airbus A320-200 . In the course of the same year three more aircraft of the same model were added, and another three followed in 2010. In March 2011, however, flight operations had to be stopped and a comeback planned for 2014 was unsuccessful for the time being. Flight operations could only be resumed in July 2017. At the Dubai Air Show 2017, a letter of intent was signed with Airbus to purchase 25 Airbus A320neo .
The airline ceased operations for the second time at the beginning of September 2018.
Destinations
The airline flew to Egypt , Azerbaijan , Bahrain , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Georgia , Iraq and Lebanon .
fleet
As of November 2017, the Wataniya Airways fleet consisted of three aircraft with an average age of 7.5 years:
| Aircraft type | Aircraft registration | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 9K-EAH | with sharklets | 162 |
| 9K-EAI | |||
| YL-LCP | operated by SmartLynx Airlines | 180 |
See also
Web links
- Wataniya Airways website (English and Arabic)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kuwait's Wataniya Airways lines up 25-plane agreement , accessed on November 14, 2017
- ↑ Airbus A320 in Wataniya Airways history , accessed on November 14, 2017
- ↑ a b Wataniya Airways is expanding with A320 Neo , accessed on November 14, 2017
- ↑ Wataniya Airways on the ground. AeroTelegraph, September 5, 2018.
- ↑ a b Ch-aviation - Wataniya Airways (English), accessed on November 14, 2017