Yemenia

Yemenia الخطوط الجوية اليمنية
IATA code :	IY
ICAO code :	IYE
Call sign :	YEMENI
Founding:	1961 (forerunner in the 1940s)
Seat:	Sanaa , Yemen
Turnstile :	Sanaa Aden
Home airport :	Sanaa
IATA prefix code :	635
Management:	Ahmed Massoud Alwani ( CEO )
Number of employees:	5500
Frequent Flyer Program :	Sama Loyalty Club
Fleet size:	4 (+ 17 orders)
Aims:	National and international
Website:	yemenia.com

Yemenia - Yemen Airways ( Arabic الخطوط الجوية اليمنية al-Chuṭūṭ al-dschawwiyya al-yamaniyya ) is the national airline of Yemen based in Sanaa and based at Sanaa airport . She is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization .

history

A first Yemeni airline was founded in the late 1940s for then-King Ahmad ibn Yahya . From this, today's company was constituted as Yemen Airlines on August 4, 1961 , and began flight operations in 1962. After a reorganization, it was renamed Yemen Airways and made a national airline. On July 1, 1978, it became a joint company of the Yemeni Arab Republic (now the Republic of Yemen) and Saudi Arabia.

The former South Yemeni airline Alyemda , based in Aden, was absorbed into Yemenia in February 1996 . Yemenia is now 51% owned by the Republic of Yemen and 49% by Saudi Arabia . Since October 26, 2008, all domestic flights have been operated by Felix Airways .

Flight operations were suspended at the end of March 2015 due to the unrest surrounding Operation Storm of Resolve until further notice and resumed in May 2015 with a reduced route network. The three A330-200s were returned to the lessors in July 2011 and June 2015, respectively.

Destinations

International destinations in Africa , the Middle East , Europe and Asia are served on scheduled services .

In German-speaking countries is Frankfurt served. The connection was interrupted between November 1st and 13th, 2010.

fleet

Yemenia Airbus A320-200

As of March 2020, Yemenia's fleet consists of four aircraft with an average age of 15.9 years:

Current fleet

Aircraft type	active	ordered	Remarks	Seats ( Business / Economy )
Airbus A310-300	1		Former Austrian Airlines aircraft , built in 1991	199 (12/187) 213 (18/195)
Airbus A320-200	3	3	two machines delivered brand new to Yemenia in 2011	150 (12/138)
Airbus A320neo		4th		- open -
Airbus A350-900		10
total	4th	17th

• Three former Yemenia de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200s are or were operated by a Yemeni-Sudanese joint venture called Blue Bird Aviation , but their status is in doubt.

Historic fleet

Yemenia Airbus A330-200

In the past, Yemenia operated, among others, the following types of aircraft:

• Airbus A330-200
• Boeing 727-200
• Boeing 737-200
• Boeing 737-800
• Boeing 747-SP (operated for the Yemeni government)
• de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
• de Havilland Canada DHC-7
• Douglas DC-3 / C-47
• Ilyushin Il-76 .

Incidents

Yemen Airlines / Yemen Airways and Yemenia recorded nine total aircraft losses in their history, four of them with 170 fatalities:

• On June 26, 2000, a Boeing 737-200 ( aircraft registration 7O-ACQ ) left the runway on landing at Khartoum Airport and was irreparably damaged. All occupants survived the crash landing.

• On August 1, 2001, when landing at Asmara Airport in Eritrea , a Boeing 727-200 (7O-ACW) rolled over the end of the wet, 3000 m long runway and collided with a large concrete block. The machine was a total economic loss. All 111 inmates survived.

• On June 30, 2009, a Yemenia Airbus A310-324 (7O-ADJ) crashed into the Indian Ocean with 153 people on board. During the approach to the airport Moroni-Hahaya ( Comoros ) there was a stall , with the machine falling into the sea about 15 kilometers from the main island of Grande Comore. There was one survivor (see Yemenia Flight 626 ) .

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Yemenia  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Yemenia website (Arabic, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Air travel is getting easier - but not for Yemenis , NZZ, November 7, 2017
2. ↑ Yemen Airlines ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ aerotransport.org - Alyemda , accessed June 19, 2016.
4. ↑ ch-aviation - Yemenia suspends operations indefinitely; Sana airport damaged , accessed March 31, 2015.
5. ↑ ch-aviation - Yemenia resumes limited operations , accessed on July 7, 2015.
6. ↑ planespotters.net - Yemenia - Yemen Airways Historic Fleet , accessed on June 21, 2016.
7. ↑ ch-aviation - Yemenia returns A330s to lessors as losses mount (English), accessed on July 6, 2015.
8. ↑ yemenia.com - Destinations ( Memento of the original from July 22, 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 July 6, 2016.  
9. ↑ Der Spiegel - Al-Qaeda is said to have tested package plot in September, November 2, 2010
10. ↑ tagesschau.de - Clear the way for passenger jets from Yemen, November 13, 2010 ( Memento from November 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
11. ^ Yemenia - Yemen Airways Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 28, 2020 (English). 
12. ↑ Orders & deliveries. Airbus , July 6, 2016, accessed July 6, 2016 . 
13. ↑ yemenia.com - Our Fleet ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2014 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 July 6, 2016.  
14. ↑ planespotters.net - Blue Bird Aviation Yemen (English), accessed on June 21, 2016.
15. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966 to 2007.
16. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008 to 2013.
17. ↑ Accident Statistics Yemen Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 14, 2019.
18. ↑ Accident statistics Yemenia Airways , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 14, 2019.
19. ^ Accident report B-737-200 7O-ACQ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 14, 2019.
20. ^ Accident report B-727-200 7O-ACW , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 14, 2019.
21. ^ Accident report A310 7O-ADJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 14, 2019.
22. ↑ tagesschau.de: Airbus crashed with 153 occupants (tagesschau.de archive) June 30, 2009