Nile Air to Buy Nine Airbus A321 Aircraft

New Egyptian airline Nile Air has agreed to buy nine Airbus A321 aircraft. The privately owned regional carrier has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to base its future fleet on the A321 aircraft.

The Cairo-based start-up private airline will be Egypt’s second regular carrier after Egyptair and plans to serve Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina, Dammam, Kuwait, Dubai, Doha and Bahrain with passenger, freight and airmail services.

Nasser Al-Tayyar, founder of Nile Air, said: “Operational economics and fleet capacity, volume and range are all critical to successful operations, and the A321 is the perfect solution to provide our required balance between volume, cost-efficiency and return on investment.”

John Leahy, COO of customers division at Airbus, said: “For any company wanting to start airline operations, the choice of aircraft is a critical decision. Nile Air has ambitious plans and we are delighted they have chosen the Airbus A321. The aircraft matches their needs for operational efficiency as well as passenger comfort.”