Khalifa Airways
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Khalifa Airways was a passenger and cargo airline based in Algiers, Algeria which was founded in June 1999 and ceased flying in 2003.
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[edit] History
Khalifa Airways had stopped most flying by mid-March 2003 after it failed to meet lease payments. In the Arab press that month it was reported that the airline was only operating "a dozen aircraft at the most," out of the 30 it previously had in its fleet. Lufthansa and Pegasus (4 Boeing 737s) reclaimed their leased aircraft, and aircraft on order were cancelled. The Bank of Algeria had appointed an administrator to manage the affairs of Khalifa Bank (also owned by Abdelmoumene Rafik Khalifa), thus denying funds to the airline to meet lease and insurance payments. By April 2003 the 8 remaining aircraft were grounded as insurance contracts expired. The airline was liquidated by a French court on 10 July 2003 after it failed to make a 5 million Euro payment to creditors.
[edit] Services
In 2002 services included:
- Algiers to Basle-Mulhouse, Lyon and Nantes.
- Algiers to Johannesburg.
- Algiers to Moroni, Comoros isles.
- Algiers to Beirut, Dubaï and Cairo.
- Algiers to major European cities: Marseille, Strasbourg, London, Malte, Barcelona, Zurich, Geneva and Warsaw.
- Algiers to New York via Montreal.
- Algiers to Toronto.
- Algiers to Seoul.
[edit] Fleet
In 2002 the airline fleet was as follows:
- 4 ATR 42
- 1 Canadair
- 6 ATR 72
- 4 Boeing 737-400
- 2 Boeing 737-700
- 4 Boeing 737-800
- 2 Boeing 777-200ER
- 8 Airbus A310-300
- 4 Airbus A319-100
- 2 Airbus A320-200
- 2 Airbus A330-300
- 4 Airbus A340-300
