Tristar Air is a cargo airline

Cargo airline

Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.-Logistics:...

 based in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

, Egypt

Egypt

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. The airline operates scheduled cargo services linking Cairo with Amsterdam and Tripoli in addition to cargo charter flights.

The airline is based at Cairo International Airport

Cairo International Airport

Cairo International Airport is the busiest airport in Egypt and the primary hub for Star Alliance member EgyptAir. The airport is located to the north-east of the city around from the business area of the city.The airport is administered by the Egyptian Holding Co...

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History

The airline was established in 1998 and started operations in September that year. It is onwed by the Messah family; Sobhy Abd El Messeh (98%), Sabry Botros Messeh (1%) and Fortunee Botros Messeh (1%).

The airline employs 80 staff.

Fleet

The Tristar Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2011):

Tristar Air Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Capacity
Airbus A300B4-200F Airbus A300 The Airbus A300 is a short- to medium-range widebody jet airliner. Launched in 1972 as the world's first twin-engined widebody, it was the first product of Airbus Industrie, a consortium of European aerospace companies, wholly owned today by EADS...	1	96,000 lbs

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