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Egypt’s national carrier is set to resume cargo flights to the U.S.A. after eight years of suspension, Civil Aviation Commander Mohamed Abbas Helmy said Sunday September 24. Helmy’s remarks came at the end of a 7-day visit by a delegation from the US Transportation SecurityAdministration (TSA) to Cairo International Airport in which they inspected the […]
Egypt’s national carrier EgyptAir has added new routes serving India and the United Kingdom, namely Cairo to Manchester and Cairo to New Delhi. The Manchester-bound flights will kick off on July 15 with plans to operate five weekly round trips on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, using the Boeing B737-800NG model. The first flight […]
EgyptAir has signed a long-term agreement with the travel technology specialist Amadeus to boost flight reservation systems, the airline said in a statement on Monday. “Amadeus is in a position to support Egyptair throughout its digital transformation, allowing us to provide customers with a best-in-class travel experience,” Yehia Zakaria, chief executive, Egyptair Group, said. “Once […]
A flight of Egypt’s national carrier EgyptAir landed Tuesday at Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport for the first time since 2014. The flights, according to the airliner, will continue till October 11 to transport groups of tourists from Libya to the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The flag carrier will operate a weekly […]
Egypt has approved a financing request of about $191 million by national carrier EgyptAir to be used to pay external debt. The Central Bank of Egypt will release the funds in the form of loan, state-run Ahram online reports. EgyptAir, which resumed flying from July 1st after several months of hiatus due to the coronavirus […]
Egypt’s embassy in Germany Tuesday announced that the country’s national carrier, EgyptAir, has resumed flights to and from Egypt four months after suspension over covid-19 pandemic. The embassy said, in a statement, the national flag carrier has already resumed flights from Berlin and Frankfurt airports on July 1, Ahram online reports. Egypt in March grounded […]
Egypt’s national carrier, EgyptAirn is set to resume regular international flights early July as airports around the world begin to open up amid covid-19 pandemic. The airliner will fly to 24 destinations in the first week and will service more destinations later, Reuters reports. The destinations includes Europe (13), Africa (3), Middle East (4), North […]
EgyptAir announced Monday families of the 66 people who died in the crash of its Flight MS804 will receive each an advance compensation of $25,000, before insurance companies release the rest of the compensation. The victims’ relatives will be able to receive the compensation once a certificate of inheritor has been established, Satwat Mussallam, Head […]
Russian President Thursday said air traffic between Egypt and Russia will not resume unless Egyptian authorities agree to enhance security at airports. Russian authorities halted air links between Russian and Egypt in October after Russian Metrojet Flight, taking off from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh airport was downed by IS local franchise in the Sinai. Egyptian authorities […]
An EgyptAir plane bound for Cairo on its way from Abu Dhabi made a successful landing on Thursday in Sharm al-Sheik airport after one its engines broke down. “The plane signaled a defect on its right engine but made a safe landing and was met by emergency services in line with standard procedure. No passengers […]