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Khalifa Airways was a passenger and cargo airline based in Algiers, Algeria and founded in June 1999.
In October 2002 Boeing announced agreement on the lease of 2 Boeing 777-200 aircraft to Khalifa Airways to be delivered in late 2002 for use on routes from Algeria to African, European and transatlantic destinations. It is assumed these leases never took place.
However, Khalifa Airways had stopped most flying by mid-March 2003 after it failed to meet lease payments. In the Arab press in March 2003 it was reported that Khalifa Airways was only operating "a dozen aircraft at the most" out of the 30 it previously had in its fleet.Lufthansa and Pegasus (4 Boeing 737s) reclaimed their aircraft, and aircraft on order were cancelled. The Bank of Algeria had appointed an administrator to manage the affairs of Khalifa Bank (also owned by Abdelmoumene Rafik Khalifa), thus denying funds to the airline to meet lease payments and insurance. By April 2003 the remaining last 8 aircraft were grounded as insurance contracts expired. The airline was liquidated by a French court on 10 July 2003 after it failed to make a Eur 5 million payment to creditors.
Code Data
- IATA code: K6
- ICAO code: KZW
- Callsign: Khalifa Air
Services
In 2002 services included:
Algiers to Basle-Mulhouse, Lyon and Nantes
Fleet
In 2002 the airline fleet was as follows:
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