Air Sinai
IATA 4D	ICAO ASD	Callsign AIR SINAI
Founded		1982
Hubs		Cairo International Airport
Focus cities		Ben Gurion International Airport
Fleet size		1
Destinations		1
Parent company		EgyptAir Airlines Company
Headquarters		Cairo, Egypt
Key people

Air Sinai (Arabic: سيناء للطيران) is an airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It operates wet lease services for other airlines^[1]. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI, ICAO: HECA) (Arabic: مطار القاهرة الدولي) is the major civilian airport in Cairo, Egypt. ... In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs. ... Ben Gurion International Airport or Ben Gurion Airport (Hebrew: ‎) (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), once widely known as Lod Airport, is located near Lod, 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv, and is the largest international airport in Israel. ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... A wet lease is any leasing arrangement whereby a company agrees to provide an aircraft and at least one pilot to another company. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: 4D
• ICAO Code: ASD ^[1]
• Callsign: AIR SINAI

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History

The airline was established in 1982 to fly scheduled services between Egypt and Israel (on routes previously flown by Nefetiti Aviation), which for political reasons could not be handled by parent company EgyptAir. Services started using a Boeing 737-200 leased from EgyptAir and new routes to Israel's tourist destinations followed. By the early 1980s a Fokker F27 Friendship was also in use on these services. Charter flights were also flown for EgyptAir. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium range, narrow body airliner. ... This article cites very few or no references or sources. ... A PIA F27 at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore in January, 2006 The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ...

Air Sinai ceased airline operations in its own right in 2002 and operates as a 'paper airline' for its parent company,EgyptAir.^[1]. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... EgyptAir (Arabic: مصر للطيران, Misr Lel-Tayaran) is the Cairo-based national airline of Egypt. ...

Destinations

The airline serves the following route:

• Cairo-Tel Aviv, three times a week

The airline also operates a limited number of charter flights between the 2 countries. Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...

Fleet

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The airline formerly operated:

• 1 Boeing 737-500

Air Sinai's sole Boeing 737 operates devoid of markings (besides a blue tail and engines) and was used on EgyptAir's domestic services when not flying for Air Sinai. The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium range, narrow body airliner. ...

External links

• Air Sinai Fleet Detail
• Air Sinai History

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 66.