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Focus cities
  
Warsaw, Paris

Founded
  
1988

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AMC Airlines

Headquarters
  
Cairo, Egypt

Fleet size
  
5

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Secondary hubs
  
Hurghada International AirportSharm el-Sheikh International AirportLuxor International Airport

Key people
  
El-Sayed Saber (President)

Profiles

Amc airlines md 83 crash landing


AMC Airlines is a charter airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It operates charter flights from Egypt's tourist destinations to Europe, regular charters to the Middle East as well as domestic flights.

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The airline also operates ad hoc VIP flights and military transport (for the United Nations).

Its main base is Cairo International Airport, with hubs at Hurghada International Airport, Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport and Luxor International Airport.

Aftermath of emergency landing of md 83 of amc airlines


History

The airline was established and started operations in 1992, after the Egyptian government approved the foundation of Aircraft Maintenance in Cairo. At that time Elsayed Saber and his family launched AMC Airlines after obtaining a licence to operate worldwide passenger charter operations. It is wholly owned by Elsayed Saber and his family and has 498 employees.

The airline was initially named 'AMC Aviation' before becoming 'AMC Airlines' in 2004.

Destinations

The majority of the airline's operations are charter flights to Europe, however it does operate limited scheduled flights as well.

In 2014 the airline is operating regular charter flights to the following countries from Egypt:

  • Poland
  • Armenia
  • France
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Spain
  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • Turkey
  • Slovakia
  • United Kingdom
  • Fleet

    The AMC Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of December 2016:

    Since 2006 the airline has frequently leased Boeing 737–800s from Eurocypria. AMC historical fleet was Boeing 737–200 and Airbus A300B4.

    References

    AMC Airlines Wikipedia