Midwest Airlines (Egypt)
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| Founded | 1998 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Cairo International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||
| Key people | Magdeldin Refaat (General Manager) Raafat Rames Petro Farag (Chairman of the Board)[citation needed] | ||||||
| Website | www.mwestairlines.com | ||||||
Midwest Airlines is an airline based in Cairo, Egypt, operating chartered passenger flights within Egypt and to Europe.[1]
History
Midwest Airlines was founded in 1998 with an initial fleet of two Airbus A310-300s. Of those, one was sold in 2004, while the other one is stored.[2]
From its beginning, the airline offered charter services from Egyptian holiday resorts to Europe and the Middle East on behalf of local and international tour operators. Due to circumstances attributable to the then owners, the airline stopped operations in 2006. The sale of the company was formalized in May 2009, followed by more acquisitions of shares, and a restructuring and reorganization of the company was effectively started in September 2009. Concerted efforts during 2009 brought Midwest back into the air operations scene. A Boeing 737-600 was dry leased, which enabled the airline to renew its AOC.
Fleet
The Midwest Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2011):
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers (Economy) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-800 | 3 | 1 | 187 | Delivery in 2013 of a new aircraft |
The average age of the fleet is 7.7 years.
External links
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References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 50.
- ^ Midwest Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
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