Nasair

Nasair, officially known as Nasair Eritrea, was an airline based in Asmara, Eritrea, belonging to the Nasair Group. It operates scheduled flights to domestic destinations in Eritrea, as well as limited scheduled services to the Middle East and Eastern Africa. As of May 2014 the airline was reported to be "out of business."

History

The company was founded in 2006 and is one of three divisions of the Nasair Group. The three subsidiaries of the Group are:

Destinations

As of November 2012 Nasair served the following destinations:

Flynas

Flynas (Arabic: طيران ناس‎) formerly Nas Air, is a domestic and international low-cost airline based in Saudi Arabia, the country's first and only budget airline. The company's head office is located on the first floor of the Al Salam Centre in Riyadh.

History

Saudi Arabian Airlines was the only airline in the country until 2006, when budget carriers Nas Air and Sama Airlines got their licenses from the government. Nas Air was founded in 2007 (2007). Operations started in February that year.

The company changed its name from Nasair to Flynas in November 2013 (2013-11).

Corporate affairs

Key people

As of April 2015, the CEO position is held by Paul Byrne. Byrne was appointed in November 2014 (2014-11) and succeeded Raja Azmi, who had replaced Francois Boutellier in June 2013 (2013-06).

Ownership

As of October 2014, Flynas was owned in its majority by National Airline Services Holding (63%); the balance was held by Kingdom Holding.

Destinations

Assiut and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt became served by the carrier for the first time in 2009, with flights to the latter initially operated on a seasonal basis. In 2011, the airline started services to three cities in Turkey: Adana, Antakya and Istanbul. Also that year, Lahore in Pakistan became the second city served in the country, after Karachi. In February 2013 (2013-02), flights to Yanbu from Dammam were launched. Also that month, the airline started flying from Dammam to Khartoum, with the Sudanese capital becoming the first international destination ever to be linked to the Saudi city.