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 Eritrean Airlines is an airline with its head office in Asmara, Eritrea.[1][2] It is wholly owned by the Government of Eritrea and operates services to Europe and Africa, with plans to expand its fleet and network. Its main base is Asmara International Airport.[3]
[edit] HistoryThe airline was established in 1991, but in name only, serving as the ground handling agent at Asmara International Airport and at Assab and Massawa and sales agent for other major airlines flying to Eritrea. In May 2002 it was decided to expand into airline services. Eritrean Airlines took delivery of their first aircraft, a leased Boeing 767-300ER. A second Boeing 767 was leased in mid-2004. The lease of the first Boeing 767 seems to have been replaced by an Airbus 320 in 2006 and then replaced again with a Boeing 757 in early 2007 and yet again replaced with a DC-9 in late 2007, ending up with an MD-83. The total fleet of the airline consists nonetheless of the one initially leased Boeing 767.[4]. In April 2003, Eritrean Airlines started regular services between Asmara and Frankfurt, Milan, Nairobi and Rome. In 2004, the airline added Amsterdam as another destination and in 2005, services began to Djibouti and Dubai. Meanwhile, the Nairobi route was dropped. By 2006 the flights to Amsterdam had been dropped while flights to Milan remained seasonal[5]. On September 21, 2006, Eritrean Airlines opened a deal with the government of Pakistan to start direct flights between Eritrea and Pakistan. Eritrean Airlines received permission from the civil aviation authority of Pakistan to start 2 flights a week each for Karachi and Lahore.[6] The deal does not seem to have materialized since then. Neither countries' airliners had added each others destinations to their routes list. The airline announced in 2008 that it was commencing seasonal services to Bamako, for Haj travellers.[7] Flights to Djibouti have been suspended since the end of 2008 due to renewed tensions along the two countries' border and flights to Frankfurt have been temporarily cancelled as of the summer of 2009.[8] [edit] DestinationsAs of March 2009, Eritrean Airlines operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:[9]
[edit] FleetThe Eritrean Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 25 October 2009) [1]: [edit] External links[edit] References
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