Palestinian flag carrier Palestinian Airlines will soon shut down after 25 years, the Palestinian News Network reported Wednesday, citing a statement by Ramallah.
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According to the report, the decision to ground the airline, announced by the Palestinian Transport and Communications Ministry, was not surprising: in September, the airline offered its two remaining Fokker 50 aircraft for sale.
The operations of Palestinian Airlines had been growing increasingly limited for years. Its tiny fleet has been leased to other airlines, and its least two planes are currently sitting one at Cairo International Airport in Egypt and the other in Amman, Jordan.
Palestinian Transport and Communications Undersecretary Ammar Yassin told PNN that the PA has not received offers on the plane parked in Amman and that the one parked in Cairo had been leased to an airline in Nigeria but the contract was suspended over the global pandemic.
Palestinian Airlines was founded in 1995 and became operational in 1997. Its fleet included the two Fokker 50 aircraft donated by the Netherlands and a Boeing 727 donated by Saudi Arabia.
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