Eritrean Airlines

Eritrean Airlines is the national airline based in Asmara, Eritrea and based on the Asmara airport.

History

Eritrean Airlines was founded in 1991 during the transition to independence of Eritrea, was in the first few years but mainly by name. She took over first ground services at the airports of the country and entered approaching airlines as a sales agent for other on Eritrea.

In May 2002 it was decided to resume flight operations. For this purpose, a leased Boeing 767 -300ER was eingeflottet in April 2003. The fleet should be added next with a new Boeing 757-200, but also a leased Boeing was instead taken over in June 2004, 767 -200ER. With destinations in East Africa, Europe and the Middle East, the airline reached its largest route network at that time. Further expansion plans were not implemented, no longer updated the official website.

Mid-2006 left the Boeing 767 -300ER fleet again and was replaced in December of the same year by an Airbus A320 -200, which was operated in the wet lease by the Turkish Atlasjet. In March 2007, the 757-200 the same operator was again replaced by a Boeing and in December 2007 finally. McDonnell Douglas MD- by 83

The destinations have since been reduced gradually, the last flight to Frankfurt was canceled on Main in the summer of 2009. Since then, only a few isolated charter flights were conducted. On 16 July 2011, the regular operation but was resumed after a major restructuring.

Currently, the airline is on the black list of the EU. A test flight in the European Union with its own aircraft is prohibited her so.

Objectives

Eritrean Airlines currently flies from Asmara to Lahore, Dubai, Jeddah, Cairo, Khartoum and Rome, and since April 2012, back to Frankfurt am Main. This compound has since been reinstated. Successive should also be included again flights to Nairobi, Johannesburg, Karachi and Lagos.

Fleet

As of July 2013, the fleet of the Eritrean Airlines consists of two planes: