Nesma Airlines (Saudi Arabia) (NSS, Hail) has secured its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) from the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA) following a ceremony in Hail on August 1.
To mark the occasion, the start-up conducted its first certified flight - Jeddah International-Hail - using one of its two ATR72-600s, HZ-FFG (cn 1311).
Affiliated with Egypt's Nesma Airlines (NE, Cairo International), Nesma Airlines Saudi Arabia is planning to develop the north-western town of Hail into a central hub in partnership with the Al-Anan Tours and Travel Company.
It will use its incoming fleet of four ATR72-600s, leased from DAE Capital, to serve Madinah, Tabuk, Gurayat, Jouf, Arar, Turaif, and Rafha. A pair of A320-200s will also be used to operate flights to Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam by year-end.
