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| Founded | 2007 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 12 | ||||||
| Parent company | Nesma Holding Company Ltd. | ||||||
| Headquarters | Cairo,Egypt | ||||||
| Key people | Faisal Al-Turki, (CEO, Saudi Arabia) Karim Baky (CEO, Egypt) | ||||||
| Website | nesmaairlines.com | ||||||
Nesma Airlines is an Egyptian airline (member of Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Group) which operates scheduled international flights to/fromEgypt as well as domestic flights within Egypt andSaudi Arabia. It operates as a full-service carrier on international flights.
Nesma Airlines' first commercial flight was on 18 July 2010 fromHurghada toLjubljana. The airline also operated charter flights linkingEgypt,Europe, theMiddle East,Saudi Arabia, theUnited Kingdom andItaly,[1]Spain,Poland andFrance.
The airline started to operate scheduled flights toSaudi Arabia on the 24 June 2011 toHa'il,Tabuk andTaif.[2]
On 27 October 2016, the airline launched domestic services withinSaudi Arabia, operating out of a central hub atHa'il Regional Airport to various locations in the Saudi Arabia includingTabuk andQaisumah usingATR 72-600 aircraft.
On 21 November 2016, Nesma Airlines began new routes[3] fromJeddah betweenRiyadh,Dammam and Ha'il[4] usingA320 aircraft.
As of August 2024, Nesma Airlines' schedule flights included:[5]
As of August 2025[update], Nesma Airlines operates the following aircraft:[12]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 7 | — | 180 | ||
| Total | 7 | — | |||
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
As of July 2022, Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia does not operate any of their own aircraft.[citation needed]
Media related toNesma Airlines at Wikimedia Commons| Full-service | |
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