ZAS Airline of Egypt

ZAS Airline of Egypt
IATA code :	ZA
ICAO code :	ZAS
Call sign :	ZAS AIRLINES
Founding:	1981
Operation stopped:	1995
Seat:	c / o Novo Hotel, 21 Fahmyst., Cairo-Airport, Egypt
Fleet size:	9
Aims:	Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Hurghada, Alexandria, charter to Cologne, Frankfurt, Zurich, Paris
ZAS Airline of Egypt ceased operations in 1995. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

ZAS Airline of Egypt was an Egyptian airline based in Cairo that operated both domestic flights and charter flights to Cologne , Frankfurt , Zurich and Paris .

history

After it was founded, the airline initially operated in the freight sector. The first passenger flight took place in November 1982 from London to Cairo , via Amsterdam . Charter flights followed in the passenger sector - initially for pilgrims to Mecca . In 1987 the airline received the license for worldwide charter flights. From Cairo there was a flight to Zurich , among others . Scheduled flights within Egypt started at the end of 1988.

ZAS (Zarkani Air Service) carried 350,000 passengers in 1989.

On 21 October 1995, the ZAS gave in accumulated losses of 660 million $ the insolvency known.

fleet

(Status: 1991)

• 1 A300B4

• 2 Boeing 707-300

• 3 MD82 / 83

• 3 Lockheed Jetstar

See also

• Former Airlines List (Africa)

literature

• BI Hengi: Airlines worldwide . NARA-Verlag, Allershausen 1991, ISBN 3-925671-11-0

Web links

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