Wikipedia's first sentence called it “regional airline and a fully-owned subsidiary of parent airline egyptair”. Today it says “airline based in cairo”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Airline based in Cairo, Egypt”. It now reads “Airline of Egypt (1982–2021)”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Air Sinai was a regional airline and a fully-owned subsidiary of parent airline EgyptAir . It was originally founded in 1982 and flew scheduled services between Egypt and Israel (on routes previously flown by Nefetiti Aviation ). Services started using a Boeing 737-200 leased from EgyptAir and new routes to Israel's tourist destinations followed. By the early 1980s a Fokker Friendship was also in use on these services. Charter flights were also flown for EgyptAir. As the name indicates, the airline flies primarily domestic routes around the Sinai peninsula . However, for political reasons , international flights from Cairo to Tel Aviv are also flown by unmarked Air Sinai planes, not the liveried planes of parent EgyptAir.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010 7 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
It operates as a 'paper-airline' for parent company EgyptAir under a " wet lease "-like agreement. .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
It operates as a 'paper-airline' for parent company EgyptAir under a " wet lease "-like agreement.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
It operates as a ' paper airline ' for parent company EgyptAir under a wet lease -like agreement to serve flights exclusively between Egypt and Israel .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
It operated as a 'paper airline' for parent company Egyptair under a wet lease -like agreement to serve flights exclusively between Egypt and Israel.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Defunct airline of Egypt (1982–2021) Founded 1982 ( 1982 ) Ceased operations 2021 ( 2021 ) Hubs Cairo International Airport Focus cities Ben Gurion Airport Fleet size at time of service termination: 2 Destinations at time of service termination: 2 Parent company Egyptair Airlines Company Headquarters Cairo , Egypt Air Sinai ( Arabic : سيناء للطيران Sīna' lil-Ṭayyarān ) was an airline based in Cairo , Egypt. It operated as a 'paper airline' for parent company Egyptair under a wet lease -like agreement to serve flights exclusively between Egypt and Israel.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “regional airline and a fully-owned subsidiary of parent airline egyptair”. Today it says “airline based in cairo”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Airline based in Cairo, Egypt”. It now reads “Airline of Egypt (1982–2021)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
regional airline and a fully-owned subsidiary of parent airline egyptair
Now
airline based in cairo
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