Air El Kadsre is the flag carrier airline of El Kadsre. It was founded on January 9, 1954.
History[]
Air El Kadsre was founded in 1954 by British businessmen Brian Rochdale and Emyr Blevins via request from the El Kadsreian government. Rochdale and Blevins bought 3 Douglas DC-3s and a de Havilland Dove, and started the airline. Between 1954 and 1968, Air El Kadsre was a national airliner of the First Republic of El Kadsre. After El Kadsre was defeated in the Georgeland-El Kadsreian War, it fell under the Vlokozu Union government and rebranded as Air Vlokozu. After the Dissolution of the Vlokozu Union, Air Vlokozu was renamed back to Air El Kadsre and privatized.
It was one of the five founding members of Oneworld, and owns the largest non-cargo/medical fleets of McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft.
Air El Kadsre celebrated it's 50th anniversary on January 9, 2004 with 50 lucky guests able to ride a Douglas DC-3.
In February 26, 2022, in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Air El Kadsre temporarily suspended flights to Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
In August 2022, Air El Kadsre announced it made an order for 40 Boom Overture supersonic airliners.
It is currently at number 11 of the best airlines in the world according to skytrax.
Fleet[]
Current[]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boeing 747-400's | 31 | --- | ||
Boeing 747-8i | 25 | --- | ||
Boeing 777-300ER | 35 | 20 | ||
Boeing 777-200ER | 20 | 16 | ||
Boeing 787-9 | 35 | 10 | ||
Boeing 787-10 | 42 | 15 | ||
Boeing 737-800 | 32 | --- | ||
Boeing 737-900 | 37 | --- | ||
Boeing 737 MAX-7 | 7 | 5 | ||
Boeing 737 MAX-8 | 15 | 14 | ||
Boeing 737 MAX-9 | 13 | 14 | ||
Boeing 737 MAX-10 | 15 | 7 | ||
Boeing 757-200 | 30 | --- | ||
Boeing 757-300 | 10 | --- | ||
Boeing 767-300ER | 37 | --- | ||
Boeing 767-400ER | 41 | --- | ||
Tupolev Tu-204's | 33 | 17 | ||
Tupolev Tu-154 | 10 | --- | were given by the Soviet Union government to the Vlokozu Union as compensation for the 1978 Sakhalin bumping incident | |
Ilyushin Il-96 | 7 | --- | ||
Sonix Peregrine's | 15 | 5 | ||
Airbus A310 | 28 | |||
Airbus A340-300 | 27 | --- | ||
Airbus A340-500 | 16 | --- | ||
Airbus A340-600 | 26 | --- | ||
Airbus A350-900 | 36 | 11 | ||
Airbus A350-1000 | 21 | 15 | ||
Airbus A380 | 13 | --- | ||
Airbus A321neo | 15 | 7 | ||
ATCO W15-200 | 20 | --- | ||
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar | 17 | --- | ||
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 | 58 | --- | Currently undergoing rebuilds into Boeing MD-12s | |
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | 52 | --- | Currently undergoing rebuilds into Boeing MD-13s. | |
Boeing 777X-9 | 19 | |||
ATCO W25-500 | 10 | |||
ATCO W30 | 7 |
Former[]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Lockheed Constellation | 17 | 1954 | 1980 | |
de Havilland DH.106 Comet | 10 | 1954 | 1976 | |
Douglas DC-7 | 16 | 1955 | 1972 | |
Convair CV-240 | 18 | 1953 | 1967 | |
Fokker F28 | 20 | 1976 | 2000 | |
Boeing 707-120B | 29 | 1959 | 1985 | |
Boeing 707-320C | 27 | 1966 | ||
ATCO W10A | 12 | 1979 | 2004 | |
ATCO W10B | 13 | 1982 | 2009 | |
ATCO W20 | 20 | 1996 | 2000 | was withdrawn after Bet Aux Flight 931 |
Concorde | 9 | 1976 | 2003 | |
Tupolev Tu-144 | 1 | 1978 | Was given by the Soviet Union government to the Vlokozu Union as compensation for the 1978 Sakhalin bumping incident. | |
McDonnell Douglas MD-80 | 29 | 1987 | 2011 | |
Airbus A330-300 | 15 | 1999 | 2007 | |
Airbus A340-200 | 30 | 1995 | 2010 | One crashed as Flight 96. |
Airbus A300B2-200 | 19 | 1982 | 1997 | |
Boeing 747-100 | 20 | 1970 | 2006 | |
Boeing 747-200 | 32 | 1982 | 2010 | |
Boeing 727-200 | 32 | 1974 | 2012 | |
Ilyushin Il-62 | 73 | 1978 | 2004 | Was given by the Soviet Union government to the Vlokozu Union as compensation for the 1978 Sakhalin bumping incident. |
Heritage Fleet[]
- 8 Douglas DC-3's (1954-present)
Advanced List of Aircraft[]
Destinations[]
Main article: List of Air El Kadsre destinations