Petroleum Air Services

IATA PS ICAO - Callsign -
Founded	1982
Fleet size	10 and 39 helicopters
Destinations
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Key people	Hassan Rashed (Chairman & MD)
Website	http://www.pas.com.eg/

Petroleum Air Services (PAS) is an airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It provides oil industry support services and has extensive helicopter operations. The airline also operates commercial passenger services within Egypt and to regional cities. Its main base is Cairo International Airport.^[1].

Contents 1 History 2 Operations 2.1 Charter Flights 2.2 VIP Flights 2.3 Airline Feeder Services 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1982. It is owned by Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (75%) and Bristow Group Inc. (25%).^[1]

[edit] Operations

[edit] Charter Flights

PAS Air provides charter flights to all domestic destinations inside Egypt plus other international destinations within the region

[edit] VIP Flights

PAS Air operates the Bombardier DHC-7 and DHC-8 airplanes, regional category Aircraft. PAS offer also Helicopter VIP flight to domestic destinations.

[edit] Airline Feeder Services

PAS is capable of providing Tour Operators, Petroleum Industry and other customers service upon request to connect with scheduled airline flights through PAS's fleet of Airplanes and Helicoptes.

[edit] Fleet

The Petroleum Air Services consists of the following (at December 2009):

Petroleum Air Services Aircraft Fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers (Economy)	Notes
Bombardier Dash 7 Series 100	5	0	50	Owned
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300	5	2 options	52	Owned
Total	10	2

Petroleum Air Services Helicopter Fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers (Economy)	Notes
Bell 212	10	0	-	Owned
Bell 412 HP/EP	10	0	-	Owned
Bell 206 L3 (Long Ranger)	6	0	-	Owned
Bell 206 B3 (Jet Ranger)	2	0	-	Owned
Eurocopter EC135 P21	2	0	-	Owned
Total	30	0

As of December 2009, the average age of the Petroleum Air Services fleet is 5.4 years ([1]).

[edit] External links

• Petroleum Air Services

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 63. 2007-04-10. 

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