Khalifa Airways

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Khalifa Airways
IATA K6	ICAO KZW	Callsign KHALIFA AIR
Founded		1999
Hubs		Houari Boumedienne Airport
Focus cities		Oran Es Senia Airport
Frequent flyer program		Khalifa Group
Member lounge		Algiers Lounge
Alliance		None as of yet
Fleet size		31
Destinations		?
Parent company		Air Algerie
Headquarters		Algiers, Algeria
Key people		Tayeb Belaïz (since March 2007)
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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. Starts April 2007.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Fleet 4 External links

[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.

[edit] Fleet

In 2002 the airline fleet was as follows:

• 4 ATR 42
• 1 Canadair
• 6 ATR 72
• 4 Boeing 737-400
• 8 Airbus A310-300
• 4 Airbus A319-100
• 2 Airbus A330-300
• 2 Airbus A340-300

[edit] External links

• Khalifa Airways Student Pilots, in memory of Khalifa Airways