Nesma Airlines is an Egyptian airline (member of Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Group) which operates scheduled international flights to/from Egypt as well as domestic flights within Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It operates as a full-service carrier on international flights.
History
Nesma Airlines' first commercial flight was on 18 July 2010 from Hurghada to Ljubljana. The airline also operated charter flights linking Egypt, Europe, the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Italy, Spain, Poland and France.
The airline started to operate scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia on the 24 June 2011 to Ha'il, Tabuk and Taif.
On 27 October 2016, the airline launched domestic services within Saudi Arabia, operating out of a central hub at Ha'il Regional Airport to various locations in the Saudi Arabia including Tabuk and Qaisumah using ATR 72-600 aircraft.
On 21 November 2016, Nesma Airlines began new routes from Jeddah between Riyadh, Dammam and Ha'il using A320 aircraft.
Destinations
As of August 2024, Nesma Airlines' schedule flights included:
- Egypt
- Cairo – Cairo International Airport Base
- Hurghada - Hurghada International Airport
- Luxor - Luxor International Airport
- Marsa Alam – Marsa Alam International Airport
- Sharm El Sheikh – Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
- Sohag – Sohag International Airport
- Italy
- Milan - Milan Malpensa Airport
- Russia
- Moscow - Vnukovo International Airport
- Saudi Arabia
- Al-Jawf – Al-Jawf Airport
- Ha'il - Ḥa'il Regional Airport
- Jeddah – King Abdulaziz International Airport
- Qassim – Qassim Airport
- Riyadh – King Khaled International Airport
- Tabuk – Tabuk Airport
- Taif – Taif Airport
- Slovakia
- Poprad - Poprad-Tatry Airport (seasonal charter)
Fleet
As of September 2022, the Nesma Airlines Egypt fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Nesma Airlines Egypt current fleet
Nesma Airlines Egypt former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
- 1 Airbus A319
- 1 further Airbus A320
Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia current fleet
As of July 2022, Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia does not operate any of their own aircraft.
Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia former fleet
- 4 ATR 72-600s
- 3 Airbus A320-200s
- 2 Airbus A321-200s
- 1 Boeing 777-200ER
References
External links
- Official website
- Media related to Nesma Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
