Latest in Tag: Egyptair Highlight
Latest in Tag: Egyptair

Libya’s Mitiga Airport receives first EgyptAir flight in 8 years
EgyptAir has started operating private flights from Sharm El-Sheikh to Mitiga, as part of the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s strategy to activate air traffic and tourism arrivals to Egypt.

EgyptAir to resume direct flights between Cairo and Moscow starting 15 April
The airline called upon travellers to follow the health procedures necessary to travel to Russia and to conduct a PCR test within 48 hours before the flight’s departure time.

EgyptAir enters tripartite partnership with ValU, Pay Tabs for e-payments
Under the agreement, ValU will provide buy now and pay later services to EgyptAir customers to book and pay domestic and international airline tickets and make payments through the Pay Tabs Egypt payment gateway.

Threat message causes Moscow-bound flight to return to Cairo: statement
“The written message was found on a seat of the Airbus A220-300,” it added.

EgyptAir launches first flights between Sharm El Sheikh, Luxor after a 6-year hiatus
This trip will continue to operate once a week at EGP 1,800 unified roundtrip ticket price

First EgyptAir commercial flight lands in Israel
Four nonstop commercial flights will operate weekly between Ben Gurion, Cairo airports

EgyptAir makes 1st flight to Doha following restoration of ties
Egypt officially reopens its airspace to Qatari aircraft last Tuesday

Egyptians travelling to France must undergo COVID-19 test as of 18 January
The Egypt Air office in Paris announced, on Sunday, that all Egyptians wishing to travel to France will be required to submit a medical certificate for the coronavirus (COVID-19), and that they have tested negative. The office also said that all travellers above 17 years of age must conduct a recent PCR test before travelling …

EgyptAir becomes 1st African airline to add Airbus A320Neo simulator to training academy
The move comes as part of its emphasis on leadership, making it an international centre specialised in the various fields of training. It also reflects the airline’s keenness to keep pace with the highest international standards in the air transport industry.

Cairo-Moscow flights to resume mid-September: EgyptAir
Regular flights to resume with relatively low arrivals in comparison to charter ones, but still gesture of hope, says tourism stakeholders

Finance Ministry grants EgyptAir Holding Company EGP 2bn loan
EgyptAir and subsidiaries greatly impacted by halt in global air traffic, with revenues grinding to complete halt

US citizens leave Cairo on board of EgyptAir flight despite flight suspensions
A further exceptional flight will leave Egyptian capital on Friday

Egyptair resumes internal flights between Sharm El-Shiekh, Luxor airports after years of suspension
The flight is scheduled to take off every Thursday on an A220-300 luxurious cabin

EgyptAir suspends flights to China starting 1 February as coronavirus spreads
Virus death toll in China rise to 170, first coronavirus case confirmed in India

EgyptAir to launch direct Dublin-Cairo service this summer
“We’re very pleased to welcome EgyptAir to Ireland and to add Cairo to Dublin Airport’s extensive route network,” said Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison.

EgyptAir’s training cadre Mohamed Manar appointed as Minister of Civil Aviation
Manar’s most recent position was inspector at the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority.

First destination of EgyptAir’s sixth B787-9 Dreamliner is Beijing
EgyptAir said the Dreamliner arrived to the Cairo International Airport from Seattle marking the last delivery of aircraft contracted between EgyptAir and Boeing since March. The $6bn deal was signed in 2018 for modernising EgyptAir’s fleet.

EgyptAir halts flights to Hong Kong over renewed protests
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) has canceled all departures on Monday, citing serious disruption due to demonstrations at the airport, just hours after travel to and from Hong Kong resumed.

EgyptAir receives 3 jets of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in July
Jets part of $6bn deal signed in 2018 for modernising fleet, says statement

Several Sudanese workers arrested as civil disobedience goes into 2nd day
EgyptAir resumed its flights to Khartoum after few days of suspension

Three Sudanese protesters killed as civil disobedience began across country
Protest leaders called on people to stay home and not go to work

EgyptAir cancels flights to Sudan
Ethiopia attempts to mediate Sudan crisis after bloodshed

Egypt assures return of its Ethiopian jet crash victims to homeland
EgyptAir confirms that company does not have Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets

Venus International Transport shipped 43,000 tonnes of agriculture crops via EgyptAir last season
Strawberry exports to European market exceed quota, logged 14,000 tonnes in 2018, says Vice Chairperson

Orange2fly to operate additional couple of flights to Sharm El-Sheikh
EgyptAir, Aegean Airlines expand codeshare agreement

Boeing seeks new deals with EgyptAir for more Dreamliner jet airliners
Company in talks with Egyptian armed forces to boost cooperation, says Dunn

EGYPTAIR mission in Jeddah gets ready for pilgrimage return flights
EGYPTAIR pilgrimage mission in Jeddah held an initial intensive meeting to discuss easily return flights to Egypt, according to a press statement of the company early this week. Mission Cheif, Mohammad Abdel Wahab, affirmed his company’s collaboration with the Saudi authorities and pilgrimage stakeholders to ensure committing airports procedures in Jeddah and Madina Munawara. On 15 August, EGYPTAIR ended …

Egypt dismisses ‘cockpit fire’ French narrative as reason for 2016 EgyptAir crash
General prosecution asserts investigations are still ongoing, refuses French findings

Fire in cockpit likely cause of 2016 EgyptAir crash: French investigators
Egypt is yet to respond to claim, but has insisted in previous statements that a terrorist attack is the reason for the crash

EgyptAir presents travellers Egyptian national football team shirts, kahk cookies
On the first day of Eid Al-Fitr, EgyptAir, the national airline carrier, said on Friday that it is granting it’s travellers national football team T-shirts and kahk cookies in celebration of Eid Al-Fitr and the first football match for the Egyptian team in the Word Cup Russia 2018 on Friday afternoon. The statement added that the company’s …