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Nesma Airlines

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Egyptian airline

Nesma Airlines is an Egyptian airline (member of Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Group) which operates scheduled international flights to/from Egypt as well as domestic flights within Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It operates as a full-service carrier on international flights.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Nesma Airlines Airbus A320-232
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Nesma Airlines is an Egyptian airline (member of Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Group) which operates scheduled international flights to/from Egypt as well as domestic flights within Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It operates as a full-service carrier on international flights.2

The story

Nesma Airlines' first commercial flight was on 18 July 2010 from Hurghada to Ljubljana. The airline also operated charter flights linking Egypt, Europe, the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Italy, Spain, Poland and France.

The airline started to operate scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia on the 24 June 2011 to Ha'il, Tabuk and Taif.

On 27 October 2016, the airline launched domestic services within Saudi Arabia, operating out of a central hub at Ha'il Regional Airport to various locations in the Saudi Arabia including Tabuk and Qaisumah using ATR 72-600 aircraft.

On 21 November 2016, Nesma Airlines began new routes from Jeddah between Riyadh, Dammam and Ha'il using A320 aircraft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nesma Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Destinations

As of August 2024, Nesma Airlines' schedule flights included:

Africa

Egypt

Cairo – Cairo International Airport Base

Hurghada - Hurghada International Airport

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Luxor - Luxor International Airport

Marsa Alam – Marsa Alam International Airport

Sohag – Sohag International Airport

Asia

Egypt

Sharm El Sheikh – Sharm El Sheikh International Airport

Saudi Arabia

Al-Jawf – Al-Jawf Airport

Ha'il - Ḥa'il Regional Airport

Jeddah – King Abdulaziz International Airport

Qassim – Qassim Airport

Riyadh – King Khaled International Airport

Tabuk – Tabuk Airport

Taif – Taif Airport

Europe

Italy

Milan - Milan Malpensa Airport

Russia

Krasnodar - Krasnodar International Airport Seasonal charter

Moscow - Vnukovo International Airport Seasonal charter

Saint Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport Seasonal charter

Saratov - Saratov Gagarin Airport Seasonal charter

Volgograd - Gumrak Airport Seasonal charter

Slovakia

Poprad - Poprad-Tatry Airport Seasonal charter

Interline agreements

APG Airlines

Hahn Air

Fleet

As of July 2026, Nesma Airlines operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

As of August 2025, Nesma Airlines operated 7 Airbus A320.

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

1 Airbus A319

1 further Airbus A320

Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia current fleet

As of July 2022, Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia does not operate any of their own aircraft.

Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia former fleet

4 ATR 72-600s

3 Airbus A320-200s

2 Airbus A321-200s

1 Boeing 777-200ER

From Wikipedia’s article on Nesma Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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