Al Wafeer Air is a charter airline based out in Jeddah

Jeddah

Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...

, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

.Its main operation are mostly Hajj and Umrah Charters.It was founded by Adnan Dabbagh,Former Executive Vice-President of Operations of Saudi Arabian Airlines. The major stakeholders in the carrier are Saudi Arabian Airlines

Saudi Arabian Airlines

Saudi Arabian Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. It operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 90 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America...

 which holds a (40%) stake in the carrier, with Bin Laden Group

Bin Laden Group

The Saudi Binladin Group is a multinational construction conglomerate and holding company for the assets owned by the bin Laden family, headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...

,the Naghi Group and Al Tayyar Travel Group holding (12.75%).

Fleet

The active fleet operared by Al Wafeer Air consists of the following aircraft:

Al Wafeer Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Passengers	Notes
Boeing 747-400 Boeing 747-400 The Boeing 747-400 is a major development and the best-selling model of the Boeing 747 family of jet airliners. While retaining the four-engine wide-body layout of its predecessors, the 747-400 embodies numerous technological and structural changes to produce a more efficient airframe...	2	N/A	leased from Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines Malaysian Airline System Berhad , DBA Malaysia Airlines , is the government-owned flag carrier of Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operates flights from its home base, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and its eastern hub in Kota Kinabalu. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz... ; registered HZ-AWA1 & AWA2

Former fleet

Besides than that,they are also operating:

• 1 Airbus A310-300 (leased from White Airways,registration CS-TKI)
• 1 Boeing 747-400
  Boeing 747-400
  The Boeing 747-400 is a major development and the best-selling model of the Boeing 747 family of jet airliners. While retaining the four-engine wide-body layout of its predecessors, the 747-400 embodies numerous technological and structural changes to produce a more efficient airframe...
  
   (returned to leasor Malaysia Airlines
  Malaysia Airlines
  Malaysian Airline System Berhad , DBA Malaysia Airlines , is the government-owned flag carrier of Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operates flights from its home base, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and its eastern hub in Kota Kinabalu. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz...
  
  , registration HZ-AWA3.

Controversy

In February 2011,a Malaysian daily reports that the cabin crews working with Al Wafeer are only paid in half of their salaries and also their allowances payment were also put on hold.However,the issue was solved when Al Wafeer agreed to pay the outstanding allowances and also half of their salaries.