Al Naser Wings Airlines Explained

Al Naser Wings Airlines (ar|أجنحة الناصر), formerly known as Al-Naser Airlines, was a small Iraqi airline based in Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq. The airline operated scheduled domestic flights to places in the Middle East, mostly to Damascus, Syria.^[1] On 24 February 2019, Al Naser Wings filed for bankruptcy,^[2] and on 16 April 2019, the airline ceased all flight operations.^[3]

History

Al-Naser Airlines is registered with the Civil Aviation Authority of Iraq to hold an air operator's certificate. It started operating in 2005 for the US military in Iraq, and in 2009 entered the civil sector operating its first flight to Kuwait in February 2009. In 2017 Al-Naser Airlines was renamed Al Naser Wings Airlines.

Destinations

Prior to closing, Al-Naser offered flights to the following destinations:

Al Naser Wings Airlines destinations

Country	City	Airport	Airport codes		Notes	Refs
			IATA	ICAO
	Yerevan	Zvartnots International Airport	EVN	UDYZ		[4]
	Baku	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	GYD	UBBB		[5] [6]
	Muharraq	Bahrain International Airport	BAH	OBBI
	Isfahan	Isfahan International Airport	IFN	OIFM
	Mashhad	Mashhad International Airport	MHD	OIMM
	Tehran	Imam Khomeini International Airport	IKA	OIIE
	Baghdad	Baghdad International Airport	BGW	ORBI
	Basra	Basra International Airport	BSR	ORMM
	Erbil	Erbil International Airport	EBL	ORER
	Najaf	Al Najaf International Airport	NJF	ORNI
	Amman	Queen Alia International Airport	AMM	OJAI
	Beirut	Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport	BEY	OLBA
	Damascus	Damascus International Airport	DAM	OSDI
	Istanbul	Istanbul Airport	IST	LTFM

Fleet

The Al Naser Wings Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of August 2017:^[7]

Previously operated

• Airbus A340-600^[8]
• Airbus A340-300
• Boeing 737-200
• Boeing 767-223

External links

• • Al-Naser Airlines Fleet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Al-Naser Wings Routes . Flightradar24 . Flightradar24 . 22 April 2019.
2. News: Iraq's Al Naser Wings to file for bankruptcy . 22 April 2019 . ch-aviation . ch-aviation . 26 February 2019.
3. News: Iraq's Al Naser Wings ends flight operations . 22 April 2019 . ch-aviation . ch-aviation . 16 April 2019.
4. Web site: Al Naser Destinations . Al Naser . Al Naser Wings Airlines . 22 April 2019.
5. News: Jim . Liu . Al Naser Wings adds Erbil – Baku from late-June 2018 . 22 April 2019 . Routes Online Airline News . Routes Online . RoutesOnline . 28 June 2018 . English.
6. Web site: Al Naser Wings YI-AQS Flight History . Flightradar24 . Flightradar24 . 22 April 2019.
7. Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One). Airliner World. October 2017. 17.
8. Web site: Al-Naser Airlines Airbus A340-600. Planespotters.net. 12 June 2017.