Before the Corona crisis, a new airline was founded in Egypt under the name Red Sea Airlines. Probably due to Corona, the start was delayed and much is still unclear.

It separates Africa from the Arabian Peninsula - the Red Sea or Red Sea in English. Different states border on the Red Sea, on the east bank Saudi Arabia and Yemen, on the west bank Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti. Jordan and Israel can also be found in the Gulf of Aqaba. Airlines from these eight countries could thus adorn themselves with the sea name. And that was also what the national airline of the smallest neighboring country did. Air Djibouti, founded in 1963, had the addition of Red Sea Airlines in its name from 1973. However, after financial difficulties, Air Djibouti - Red Sea Airlines stopped air traffic on January 22, 1991 and was subsequently dissolved. Another state-owned successor company used the same name again between 1997 and 2002. The virtual airline Air Djibouti, which will operate from 2015, will also use this addition in part. In addition to the airlines from Djibouti, the national airline of Eritrea also used the sea name. Eritrean Airlines, founded in 1991, flew from Asmara between 1998 and 2001 with the addition of Air Red Sea.

Now the additional name of Air Djibouti is being disputed. A new airline called Red Sea Airlines was founded in Egypt.

The flight operations manager, Nabil Helmy, drew attention to himself a few days ago with a statement on social media. His statement was “New Star is born in aviation” (roughly: a new star in aviation was born). Research work by Aviation.direct now brings a little more light into the dark.

Red Sea Airlines was founded before the Corona crisis. The company is registered with the Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry under the code EGS7CJP1C018. It should belong to an international holding company based in the travel industry. Aviation.direct knows that Red Sea Airlines wants to rely on Boeing aircraft. Red Sea Airlines will use the B737-800 and equip it with a standard configuration of 189 seats.

After AMC Airlines, FlyEgpyt, EgyptAir and the no longer existing Midwest Airlines, the start-up airline would become the fifth Egyptian airline to have the B737-800 in its fleet. The area of ​​application is likely to be similar to that of AMC or FlyEgypt, namely in the (holiday) charter and / or ACMI market. When the Red Sea Airlines will take off is still unclear.

Another start-up airline is trying to do this in Egypt. Other planned companies are Cobra Jet (with A320), SkyBird Airlines (with A320), Wings of the Nile (with B747 freighter) and Nefertiti Airways.