Lotus Air was one of the first private airlines in the Middle East and North Africa region. It was established in 1997 by Al-Fawares Holding Company and commenced operations in 1998.
The main business centred on charter operations, ad-hoc flights, ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) operations, damp leases, technical services, ground handling and crew training.
The airline was the first in Egypt to receive EASA standards maintenance certification and IOSA certification (IATA Operational Safety Audit).
Fleet
The Lotus Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at June 2010):
lotus, airline, based, cairo, egypt, privately, owned, charter, airline, flying, mainly, europe, main, base, cairo, international, airport, with, hubs, sharm, sheikh, international, airport, hurghada, international, airport, luxor, international, airport, iata. Lotus Air was an airline based in Cairo Egypt It was a privately owned charter airline flying mainly to Europe Its main base was Cairo International Airport with hubs at Sharm el Sheikh International Airport Hurghada International Airport and Luxor International Airport 1 Lotus AirIATA ICAO CallsignLU TAS LOTUS FLOWERFounded1997Commenced operations1998Ceased operations2011HubsCairo Sharm el Sheikh HurghadaFleet size4Parent companyAl Fawares HoldingHeadquartersCairo EgyptKey peopleAdnan Al Falah GM Websitewww wbr lotus air wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Fleet 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditLotus Air was one of the first private airlines in the Middle East and North Africa region It was established in 1997 by Al Fawares Holding Company and commenced operations in 1998 The main business centred on charter operations ad hoc flights ACMI Aircraft Crew Maintenance and Insurance operations damp leases technical services ground handling and crew training The airline was the first in Egypt to receive EASA standards maintenance certification and IOSA certification IATA Operational Safety Audit Fleet EditThe Lotus Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft at June 2010 Lotus Air fleet Aircraft Inservice Orders Passengers Economy TotalAirbus A320 3 0 180 31 A320 Repassado para HELIOS Airways As of January 2011 the average age of the Lotus Air fleet was 12 7 years 2 References Edit Directory World Airlines Flight International 2007 04 03 p 107 Fleet age Lotus Air Airfleets aviation External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lotus Air Official websitePortals Egypt Aviation Companies This article related to an airline based in Egypt is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lotus Air amp oldid 1123028987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
