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Gryphon Airlines is an American-owned airline based in Vienna, Virginia, United States, in the Washington, D.C. area. It was the subsidiary of Ryan International Air which provided contracted service to various American airbases in the Middle East. It became the first airline to offer scheduled flights to the military side of Baghdad Airport, when these flights began in March 2007.WEB,weblink U.S.-owned aviation firm offering flights between Iraq, Kuwait, 2008-06-02, 2007-03-10, Giordano, Joseph, Stars and Stripes, The airline suspended operations in 2012 as a result of Ryan Airlines filed for bankruptcy.WEB, Leaf, Brian, 2012-02-03, 'Less military flying' cited in Ryan International Airlines Furloughs,weblink" title="archive.today/20120912060209weblink">weblink

Destinations

Gryphon Airlines operated the following services as of February 2010:WEB,weblink Archived copy, www.flygryphon.com, 17 January 2022,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110711013100weblink">weblink 11 July 2011, dead, Afghanistan

• Kandahar - Kandahar International Airport
• Bagram - Bagram Airfield

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Banja Luka - Banja Luka International Airport - charter
• Mostar - Mostar International Airport - charter
• Sarajevo - Sarajevo International Airport

Iraq

• Baghdad - Baghdad International Airport
• Najaf - Al Najaf International Airport

Kuwait

• Kuwait City - Kuwait International Airport

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai - Dubai International Airport
• Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi International Airport

Fleet

The Gryphon Airlines fleet included the following aircraft in March 2011:Amateur fleet list{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="margin:1em auto; white-space:nowrap; border-collapse:collapse"|+ Safair fleet bgcolor=lightblue! Aircraft! In fleet! Notes|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32

1|

|McDonnell Douglas MD-82

1|

|McDonnell Douglas MD-83

2|

m!Total!4!

References

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External links

• {{official websiteweblink}}

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