Palestinian Airlines is an airline based in Gaza, Palestine. It operates scheduled international services from Gaza to the Middle East and North Africa and pilgrim charter services to Jeddah. Its main base is Yasser Arafat International Airport. A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Gaza City (alternatively, simply Gaza; Arabic غزة Ä azzah; Hebrew ×¢×–×” Azza). ... The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ... This article is about the Saudi Arabian city. ...

Palestinian Airlines is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization. The Arab Air Carriers Organization is a regional association of Arab airlines established in 1965 by the League of Arab States (more commonly known as the Arab League). ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: PF
• ICAO Code: PNW
• Callsign: Palestinian

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History

The airline was established on 1 January 1995 and started operations in June 1997 with a series of charter flights carrying pilgrims to Jeddah. The flights were originally to operate from Gaza, but due to an Israeli ban, the services operated from Port Said, in northern Egypt. Scheduled services began on 23 July 1997, operating from El Arish to Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Palestinian Airlines transferred its base to Gaza following the opening of the airport in November 1998. The airline was grounded in October 2000 following violence in the region and was forced to move to El Arish in December 2001, where it operated limited services. It is wholly owned by the Palestinian Authority. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Port Said (postcard around 1915) Port Said (31. ... El Arish (alternate spelling Al Arish) is an Egyptian city on the Mediterranean coast of the Sinai peninsula. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Al Arish (alternate spelling El Arish) (Arabic: العريش ) is the capital and largest city (with 114,900 inhabitants as of 2002) of the Egyptian governate of Shamal Sina, lying on the Mediterranean coast of the Sinai peninsula, 344 kilometers (214 miles) northeast of Cairo. ...

Fleet

The Palestinian Airlines fleet consists of at November 2005:

• 1 Boeing 727

• 2 Fokker 50

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External links

• Palestinian Airlines