Misr Overseas Airways
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Misr Overseas Airways was an Egypt
ian scheduled and charter airline
based in Cairo
.
The airline was formed in 1981 as Air Lease Egypt and renamed to Misr Overseas Airways in January 1984. In 1988, the airline was operating scheduled cargo flights to Cologne
, Maribor
and Khartoum
, and charter flights to Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
The airline ceased operations in 1989.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian scheduled and charter airline
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
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The airline was formed in 1981 as Air Lease Egypt and renamed to Misr Overseas Airways in January 1984. In 1988, the airline was operating scheduled cargo flights to Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
and Khartoum
Khartoum
Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
, and charter flights to Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
The airline ceased operations in 1989.