Al Maha Airways
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| Founded | 2014 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | never started flights | ||||||
| Ceased operations | February 2017 | ||||||
| Hubs | King Abdulaziz International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 (all stored) | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 (planned) | ||||||
| Parent company | Qatar Airways | ||||||
| Headquarters | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||||||
| Key people | Akbar Al Baker | ||||||
| Website | www |
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Al Maha Airways was a subsidiary airline of Qatar Airways based at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia. The start of operations was postponed several times and then cancelled entirely.
Al Maha was founded as a Saudi Arabian subsdiary of Qatar Airways in 2014, but had never begun operations. Al Maha, which means "oryx" in Arabic, was to sport the Qatar Airways logo but will be green instead of maroon, to match Saudi Arabia's national colors. In 29 April 2015, Al Maha Airways took delivery of four Airbus A320-200 aircraft. It was originally planned that the airline will launch with 10 aircraft.
The airline was set to begin operations in the fourth quarter of 2014, then the starting date was postponed to summer 2016. In February 2017, Qatar Airways however announced that the Al Maha Airways project is cancelled and the airline will not start operations due to ongoing issues gaining its operational license.
The initial destinations were planned to be Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Medina, Abha, Qassim, Doha and Dubai.
As of November 2016 the Al Maha Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
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