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Trans Arabia Airways

Trans Arabia Airways was a Kuwaiti airline. It had its headquarters in the Karnak Building in Kuwait City.

History

The carrier started operations in September 1959 serving the Beirut–Kuwait route with a Douglas DC-4 that previously belonged to Australian National Airways. Shortly after those flights began, a second DC-4 was chartered from Starways to boost capacity in the route. In March 1960, the airline placed a provisional order for two Argosy aircraft; however, this order never materialised, and the airline ordered three Douglas DC-6Bs instead.

By April 1964, the Trans Arabia Airways fleet included three Douglas DC-6Bs to serve a route network that comprised seven destinations in the Middle East, including Bahrain, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Jeddah, Jerusalem, and three in Europe, including Frankfurt, London and Rome; that month, the airline was absorbed by Kuwait Airways.

See also

References

  1. Air commerce – Where steam aeroplanes go Flight, 15 January 1960^
  2. Air commerce – Skyways and the Argosy Flight, 9 September 1960^
  3. Airlines of the World – Trans Arabia Airways Flight, 8 April 1960^
  4. Commercial Aircraft of the World – AW.650 Argosy Flight, 18 November 1960^
  5. World airline survey – Trans Arabia Airways Flight, 2 April 1964^
  6. World Airline Directory – Kuwait Airways(page 855) Flight International, 31 March 1984 World Airline Directory – Kuwait Airways (page 856) Flight International^