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| Founded | 1932 (as Misr Airwork) | |||
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| Hubs | Cairo International Airport | |||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Egypt Air Plus | |||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |||
| Fleet size | 74 (+7 orders & 3 options) | |||
| Destinations | 73 (incl. subsidiaries) | |||
| Company slogan | Enjoy The Sky | |||
| Parent company | Egypt Air Holding Company | |||
| Headquarters | EgyptAir Administrative Complex Cairo, Egypt |
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| Website | www.egyptair.com | |||
EgyptAir (Arabic: مصر للطيران, Miṣr liṬ-Ṭayarān) is the flag carrier airline of Egypt and a member of Star Alliance. The airline is based at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operating scheduled passenger and freight services to more than 75 destinations in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. An extensive network of domestic services is focused on Cairo, Egypt's capital.
Egypt Air is Africa's largest airline, joining Star Alliance on 11 July 2008. The company is headquartered in the EgyptAir Administrative Complex on the grounds of Cairo International Airport in Cairo. The airline's logo is Horus, the sky deity in ancient Egyptian mythology, usually depicted as a falcon or a man with the head of a falcon. The airline has taken Horus as its logo because of its ancient symbolism as a "winged god of the sun".
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EgyptAir is a state-owned company with special legislation permitting the management to operate as if the company were privately owned without any interference from the government. The company is self-financing without any financial backing by the Egyptian government.
The airline underwent a major corporate re-engineering in 2002, when its structure was changed from a governmental organization into a holding company with subsidiaries. The move coincided with establishment of the Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation and the government's ambitious strategy to modernize and upgrade its airports and airline. The airline was given the right to operate without any interference from the government and the duty to do so without any financial backing
Egypt Air wholly owns EgyptAir Express and Air Sinai. The airline has stakes in Air Cairo (60%) and Smart Aviation Company (20%). As of June 2007, the EgyptAir Holding Company had 20,734 employees of which 7,600 worked in EgyptAir Airlines (the airline subsidiary of the group).[1]
In 2004, Egypt Air became the first IOSA certified airline in Africa. In 2006, Skytrax, the UK-based airline consultancy service, rated EgyptAir as a "3 Star Quality Certified Airline".
In 2007, EgyptAir's passenger traffic increased by 21% to 7.8 million passengers.[2]
The airline launched a regional subsidiary called EgyptAir Express with a fleet of new Embraer E-170 jets. The carrier links Cairo with Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor, Aswan, Marsa Alam, Abu Simbel and Alexandria (Egypt) in addition to secondary regional destinations to complement the parent company's pattern of service. In June 2009 the subsidiary received the last of the 12 Embraer E-170 aircraft on order.
The Egypt Air Holding Company has recorded substantial profits in past years, reaching US$170 million during the 2007/2008 financial year. This is fortified by huge assets of more than US$3.8 billion. The airline's financial year is from July to June.[3] For the fiscal year ending 31 July 2007, EgyptAir achieved a record total revenue of US$1,143 billion. Total group revenue grew by 14%, as compared with the previous year.
In early 2007, the airline partnered with the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation and 'Egyptian Holding Company for Airports & Air Navigation' to form a new corporate airline, Smart Aviation Company, based at Cairo Airport.
On October 16, 2007 the Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance voted to accept EgyptAir as a future member. The airline had already forged commercial and cooperative agreements with several members of the Star Alliance by then, including Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Thai Airways International, Swiss International Airlines, South African Airways, Turkish Airlines and bmi. Nine months after being invited as a future member (a record time by any airline joining an alliance), EgyptAir became the 21st member of Star Alliance in a ceremony held in Cairo on 11 July 2008.
In 2008, EgyptAir's passenger traffic increased by 6% to 8.2 million passengers.[2]
In 2009, EgyptAir's operations at its Cairo International Airport hub (where it holds 61% of the airport's departure slots) were notably overhauled due to the inauguration of the new Terminal 3 in April 2009. The airline transferred all its operations (international and domestic) to the new terminal that has more than doubled the airport's capacity. Under the Star Alliance “Move Under One Roof” concept at Cairo Airport, all Star Alliance member carriers serving Cairo, have moved to the new Terminal 3. In 2010 the airline will overhaul operations at its Alexandria base by transferring operations from the older facilities at Alexandria International Airport to the brand new airport in Borg El Arab Airport. The airline's CEO also stated the company was evaluating whether to set up a low cost carrier subsidiary for its Alexandria operations to address the growth of LCCs in the city.
During the 2009 Paris Airshow, the airline announced a new venture with US lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) and other Egyptian private and public shareholders to establish a leasing joint venture focusing on the Middle East and Northern Africa region. The new joint venture - named Civil Aviation Finance and Operating Leases (CIAF-Leasing) will initially focus on narrowbody aircraft.
On 10 March 2010 the airline took delivery of its largest aircraft, the Boeing 777-300ER in Cairo Airport, with a seat capacity of 346. The aircraft is equipped with a new on-board product and the largest business cabin to-date. This is the first aircraft to enter the fleet on an operating leasee (from GECAS). All other mainline aircraft are owned. The airline is initially operating the aircraft to London Heathrow and Tokyo Narita followed by John F. Kennedy International Airport from 31 October 2010. In August 2010 EgyptAir will also receive another new aircraft type, the Airbus A330-300, which will replace the Boeing 777-300ER on the London Heathrow route from 1 September 2010.
The carrier is a founding member of Arabesk Airline Alliance and the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
The EgyptAir Holding Company was created in 2002 with seven companies (two were added at later dates):
The three carriers (EgyptAir Airlines, EgyptAir Express & EgyptAir Cargo) operate under the same AOC but are managed separately and have their own profit and loss accounts.
The airline has stakes in:
As of July 2011 EgyptAir serve 73 destinations; 10 in Egypt, 17 in Africa, 17 +3 in the Middle East, 7 in Asia, 21 in Europe and 1 in the Americas.
Other than subsidiaries and franchisees EgyptAir have codeshare agreements with the following airlines and some fellow Star Alliance partners, as at October 2011:[4][5]
* Star Alliance member
As of October 2011, the EgyptAir fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Options | Passengers | Notes | |||
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| F | C | Y | Total | |||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 5 | — | — | 0 | 16 | 129 | 145 | |
| 7 | 10 | 134 | 144 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 174 | 174 | |||||
| Airbus A321-200 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 22 | 139 | 161 | New configuration (SU-GBT to SU-GBV) |
| 1 | 10 | 175 | 185 | To be reconfigured to 161 seats by mid-2012 | ||||
| Airbus A330-200 | 7 | — | 3 | 0 | 24 | 244 | 268 | |
| Airbus A330-300 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 36 | 265 | 301 | OnAir internet and mobile usage capability New business class featuring lie-flat beds. Economy cabins equipped with PTV Deliveries: 1 in 2012 |
| Airbus A340-200 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 24 | 224 | 260 | |
| Boeing 737-500 | 4 | — | — | 0 | 8 | 96 | 104 | Also operating Air Sinai flights |
| Boeing 737-800 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 16 | 144 | 160 | Deliveries: 1x 2011 and 2x 2012 |
| 13 | 24 | 120 | 144 | |||||
| Boeing 777-200ER | 4 | — | — | 12 | 21 | 286 | 319 | Retired |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 6 | — | — | 0 | 49 | 297 | 346 | All aircraft leased from GECAS New business class featuring full lie-flat beds New economy cabins equipped with PTV |
| EgyptAir Express Fleet | ||||||||
| Embraer E-170 | 12 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 76 | 76 | |
| EgyptAir Cargo Fleet | ||||||||
| Airbus A300B4-200F | 1 | — | — | 96,000 kg | A second aircraft is stored at Cairo Airport | |||
| Airbus A300-600RF | 2 | — | — | 97,000 kg | ||||
| Total | 77 | 4 | 3 | |||||
EgyptAir wet leases additional aircraft to meet peak season passenger demand such as during the summer, during Ramadan and for special Hajj and Umrah operations.
As part of the airline's fleet renewal programme, EgyptAir will retire their fleet of Boeing 777-200ER aircraft from 30 November 2011 (after the Eid al-Adha holiday season). Cairo-Jeddah will be the last route.
EgyptAir is headquartered in the EgyptAir Administrative Complex on the grounds of Cairo International Airport in Cairo.[7][8] The complex is located on the grounds of Cairo International Airport.
18.Egypt Air received Boeing 777-300ER at 14\10\2010. اليوم السابع | "بوينج 777" تنطلق غدا على خط القاهرة ـ نيويورك