Wings of Lebanon explained

Airline:Wings of Lebanon
Fleet Size:1
Iata:W7
Icao:WLB
Callsign:WINGS LEBANON
Founded:2006
Ceased:26 August 2020
Headquarters:Beirut, Lebanon
Bases:Beirut Airport

Wings of Lebanon (Arabic: أجنحة لبنان) was a privately held Lebanese airline, which began operations in 2006.

History

In July 2016 the airline expanded its business model from pure operations to also include largely seasonal scheduled international passenger services from its main base at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport. The carrier has historically operated one Boeing 737-300 (OD-HAJ), and has catered for seasonal peaks using a variety of wet-leased narrow body Airbus or Boeing aircraft. On 20 May 2018, Wings of Lebanon took delivery of their first Boeing 737-700 aircraft.

On 26 August 2020, Wings of Lebanon announced that they were to suspend operations, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic situation in Lebanon as the reason for ending operations.[1]

Destinations

Wings of Lebanon operated the following routes:[2]

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Lebanon

Sweden

Turkey

Fleet

Prior to closure, The Wings of Lebanon fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[4] [5]

Former fleet

The historic fleet of Wings of Lebanon fleet is as follows:[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/94695-wings-of-lebanon-suspends-operations-returns-b737-700 ch-aviation.com - Wings of Lebanon suspends operations, returns B737-700
  2. Web site: FlightGlobal Profiles. dashboard.flightglobal.com. en. 2017-03-30. 2019-01-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174527/https://dashboard.flightglobal.com/app/profiles/#/airline/summary/-24149. dead.
  3. News: Morrison. Thea. New Airline Company -Wings of Lebanon Enters Georgian Market. 22 May 2017. Georgia Today on the Web. 22 May 2017. 22 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170522163715/http://georgiatoday.ge/news/6595/New-Airline-Company--Wings-of-Lebanon-Enters-Georgian-Market. dead.
  4. Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One) . Airliner World . October 2019 . 19.
  5. Web site: Wings of Lebanon returns only B737-300 to lessor.
  6. Web site: Wings Of Lebanon Fleet Airfleets aviation. www.airfleets.net. 2017-03-30.