Saremia Airways

Saremia Airways is the national flag carrier airline of Saremia, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Mariwo in Plassans. With flights operating from Plassans Airport, Saremia Airways operates scheduled international services to 120 destinations in 80 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as domestic services to 10 airports.

Formation and early years
Saremia Airways was founded in was formed on 15 February 1968 as the Société Sarémienne d'Aviation (SSA). On May 23, 1971, it merged with the Compagnie Air Transport to form the company now-known-as Saremia Airways. The airline acquired wide-body DC-10 airliners, the first of which arrived in 1973. It previously had mostly DC-8 airliners. During the 1970's, Saremia Airways operated a fleet of 727s. In 1981, Saremia Airways added the first Boeing 747 aircraft to its fleet.

In 1982, Saremia Airways initiated service to Dras'kon, Shushtrepistaz. 1985 saw the introduction of Boeing 767-200ER airliners, and in 1996 the airline was nationalised by King Mustafa I.

On 31 October 2004, the last Saremia Airways Boeing 747 flight landed in Plassans from Dubai as SA873, ending 23 years of 747 service with the airline. The Boeing 747-400 fleet was replaced by the Airbus A340 fleet. On 19 October 2005, Saremia Airways unveiled a new aircraft colour scheme and uniforms. A Boeing 767-300ER was painted in the new silver-blue colour, and the company logo was changed.

On 9 November 2005, Saremia Airways entered into an agreement to renew its widebody fleet with Boeing by purchasing 24 Boeing 777-300ERs, and 10 Boeing 787-8s. It also placed options to purchase an additional 18 Boeing 777s and 46 Boeing 787-8s and -9s. All of the 777s will be powered by the GE90-115B engine, and the 787-8s, by the GEnx engine. Deliveries of the 777s began in March 2007 and deliveries of the 787s are to begin in the second half of 2013. As the 777s were delivered, Saremia Airways retired all their Boeing 767s and Airbus A340s. On 17 April 2006, Saremia Airways announced they will replace their old 737s with new A321s. They ordered a total of 80 A321, making them the largest operator of A321 in the World, even if they had only 40 737s in fleet.

On 24 April 2009, Saremia Airways announced the purshase of 24 Airbus-A330.

Cabin
Saremia Airways (excl. subsiduaris) offers business class and economy class on all of its aircraft. On longhaul aircraft, a third class called 'economy comfort class' is offered. On shorthaul aircraft, Business Class is called Eurafrica Business Class, while on longhaul aircraft Business Class is called World Business Class.

World Business Class
World Business Class offers a 60-inch (1.5 m) pitch on all longhaul aircraft. All aircraft offer a 176 degree angled lie-flat seat with a 10.4-inch (26 cm) TV monitor with AVOD (Audio Video on Demand), email/text messaging, a privacy canopy, a massage function and laptop power ports. All seats offer personal reading lamps, leg/foot rests and personal telephones (at the back of the controller)

Pre-departure facilities include a fully flexible reservation (except Holiday Fare which may have restrictions) check-in desks, lounge access, priority boarding and 125% to 175% Aéromiles. Onboard, passengers are given a three course meal with menus, pre-departure beverages and snacks, which are available throughout the flight.

EurafricaBusiness Class
Eurafrica Business Class is Saremia Airways's new premium product on shorter sectors. It offers lounge access, a 33-inch (84 cm) pitch with more recline, in-seat power output on every A321-200, newspapers, a meal service on board (hot or cold meals depend on the length of the flight), more personal space (free middle seat), priority boarding, extra baggage allowance, 250% Aéromiles and fully flexible booking.

Economy Class
Economy Class offers a 31" pitch on all long haul aircraft.

On short haul European flights on Saremia Airways and Air Plassans, aircraft have no in flight entertainment and contains a 31" seatpitch. Passengers flying Economy Class long-haul routes outside of Europe or North Africa receive a hot meal service (often more than one depending on the flight duration), with real metal cutlery. Passengers flying within Europe or North Africa in Saremia Airways Economy Class receive a snack to suit the time of day. Freshly prepared sandwiches made the day of flight are served on most morning flights. Drinks (including alcohol) are free on Saremia Airways for all passengers, with the exception of champagne.

Economy Comfort
Economy Comfort is offered on all intercontinental flights, excluding Europe. It provides a greater seat pitch at up to 35", and greater recline, up to 7", than regular economy seats, but the same luggage allowance and in-flight service applies. There is no priority (dis-)embarking, but since the Economy Comfort zone is located in the front of Economy section of the aircraft, Saremia Airways does advertise quick disembarkation as an advantage of Economy Comfort.

On intracontinental flights, Economy Comfort is not offered as such. Instead, some seats with extra legroom such as exit-row seats are sold at a premium. This would cost between PIA 20 to 70 per flight.

Both intercontinental and intracontinental seats can be reserved by any passenger holding any economy class ticket. The full Economy Comfort service is free for passengers with a full-fare ticket or members of Aéromiles at the Platinum or higher level. For Aéromiles Silver and Oneworld Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald members, a discount applies. The seats with extra legroom on intracontinental flights are free for Aéromiles members with Gold or higher status. This service is also available for free for Iberia Plus members at the Platinum or higher level if the booking was made with a Iberia flight number.

It should be noted that some aircraft with a flexible Eurafrican Business Class cabin size (which can be changed using a movable curtain divider), the first few rows also offer a small amount of extra legroom due to their double use as EBC seats. No extra charge applies for these seats.

Codeshare agreements
Saremia Airways has codeshare agreement with the following airlines, besides AeroSky: