ZAS Airline of Egypt

ZAS Airline of Egypt Airline codes|ZA|ZAS|ZAS airlines was an airine from Egypt that operated beteween 1982 and 1995.

Company History

ZAS Airline of Egypt was founded by Emir Zarkani as a freight airline. Operations started on November 23, 1982 with a flight from Cairo to Amsterdam to London. In 1987 ZAS was granted a license to carry passenger charter operations. Flights to Jeddah for the Haj were begun that year and then flights to Western Europe.

ZAS operated a variety of aircraft from old Boeing 707s to modern MD-87s and Airbus A300s. The Gulf War of 1990-91 brought a downturn in the Egyptian tourist business and ZAS was heavily affected. The mounting difficulties led to a cesation of all operations in April 1995. [Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing]

Fleet Details

*3 - Boeing 707-328(C) original delivery to Air France
*1 - Boeing 707-328(B) original delivery to Air France
*2 - Boeing 707-336(C) original delivery to BOAC
*2 - Boeing 707-338(C) original delivery to QANTAS
*1 - Boeing 707-365(C) original delivery to British Eagle Int Airlines
*1 - Boeing 707-366(C) original delivery to Egyptair
*2 - Boeing 707-351(C) original delivery to Northwest Airlines
*1 - Douglas DC-9-32 original delivery to Inex Adria
*1 - Douglas DC-9-33(RC) original delivery to Inex Adria
*1 - MD-83 original delivery to Aero LLoyd
*1 - MD-87 original delivery to Midway Airlines
*1 - MD-82 original delivery to Adria Airways
*1 - MD-82 original delivery to ZAS
*1 - MD-83 original delivery to German Wings
*3 - Airbus A300B4-120 original delivery to SAS
*2 - Airbus A300B4-203 original delivery to Air France
*1 - Airbus A300B4-203 original delivery to South African Airways

External links

* [http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=1426 Fleet Data]
* [http://www.nordicair.org/zas/index.html Virtual ZAS]

References