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Palestinian Airlines is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization .


CODE DATA

  • IATA Code: PF

  • ICAO Code: PNW

  • Callsign: Palestinian

  • AIRPORT LOCATION INDICATOR : LVGZ



HISTORY

The airline was established on 1 January 1995 and started operations in June 1997 with a series of charter flights carrying pilgrims to Jeddah. The flights were originally to operate from Gaza, but due to an Israeli ban, the services operated from Port Said , in northern Egypt . Scheduled services began on 23 July 1997 , operating from El Arish to Jordan and Saudi Arabia . Palestinian Airlines transferred its base to Gaza following the opening of the airport in November 1998 . The airline was grounded in October 2000 following violence in the region and was forced to move to El Arish in December 2001 , where it operated limited services. It is wholly owned by the Palestinain government.


FLEET

The Palestinian Airlines fleet consists of at November 2005:




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