Air Sinai did it exist?

[Bare Plane]

Here is a link to an interesting article about AIR SINAI. Was it real? anyone have any experience with it? fly for them?

https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...hEcgSMhXG0pWoo

[Nuweiba]

Originally Posted by Bare Plane

Here is a link to an interesting article about AIR SINAI. Was it real? anyone have any experience with it? fly for them?

https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...hEcgSMhXG0pWoo

Most certainly it did exist and still does. Officially a separate airline company but it is an off-shoot of Egyptair but using their aircraft painted all white with nothing to show that it has anything to do with Egypt except the actual registration. Initially started with F-27s, one of which crashed on 9th June 1986 at Cairo, ( the same evening I got married in Cairo ). Then they switched to the Airbus A320 and more recently the Embraer 170. The route was initially shared with ElAl but they pulled out about ten years ago. The fare is expensive, ( often it is far cheaper to fly via Istanbul, Athens or Amman ), and often only had a few passengers aboard. No website, no online booking - not even on Egyptair’s website. Only bookable through Egyptair offices or GSAs.

Strangely enough, Jordan, the other co-signatory never tried to disguise the fact that they were flying between Amman and Tel Aviv.

[VThokie2]

[QUOTE=Bare Plane;10761957]Here is a link to an interesting article about AIR SINAI. Was it real? anyone have any experience with it? fly for them?

Quick search on Wikipedia would answer your 1st question

[RoyHudd]

Strange questions. (Conspiracy theorists, perchance?) Air Sinai did indeed exist, and operated knackered old B737-200's. Perhaps only one. I flew with Air Sinai as a passenger, once, on business, CAI-TLV. Awful security in CAI. Quite the opposite at TLV. The flight was short, lousy service, and the aircraft was less than one half full. No markings as I recall. White, Egyptian-registered, with Air Sinai in red on the fuselage and fin. I was relieved to land safely in Tel Aviv.

[Nuweiba]

Originally Posted by RoyHudd

Strange questions. (Conspiracy theorists, perchance?) Air Sinai did indeed exist, and operated knackered old B737-200's. Perhaps only one. I flew with Air Sinai as a passenger, once, on business, CAI-TLV. Awful security in CAI. Quite the opposite at TLV. The flight was short, lousy service, and the aircraft was less than one half full. No markings as I recall. White, Egyptian-registered, with Air Sinai in red on the fuselage and fin. I was relieved to land safely in Tel Aviv.

Ah yes...forgot about the 737s !