Information About

Yemenia




Yemenia is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization .


CODE DATA


  • IATA Code: IY

  • ICAO Code: IYE

  • Callsign: Yemeni



HISTORY


The airline was established on 4 August 1961 as Yemen Airlines and started operations in 1962 . It was reorganized and renamed Yemen Airways in 1972 , following nationalisation. The Yemenia name was adopted on 1 July 1978 , following the joint establishment early in 1977 of a new airline by the governments of the Yemen Arab Republic, now Republic of Yemen, and Saudi Arabia . The operations of Aden-based Alyemda have been incorporated. The airline is owned by the Government of Yemen (51%) and the government of Saudi Arabia (49%).


DESTINATIONS


Yemenia operates the following services (at March 2006):




FLEET


The Yemenia fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006):


Six Airbus A350s are on order (with option for four more). The first aircraft is due in 2012.


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