EgyptAir (Arabic: مصر للطيران, ) is the flag carrier airline of
the Arab Republic 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 70 destinations in the Middle East, Europe,
Africa, Asia, and the
Americas. An extensive network
of domestic services is focused on Cairo
, Egypt's
capital.
EgyptAir is Africa's largest airline, and joined the
Star Alliance on 11 July 2008.
Its has its
headquarters in the EgyptAir Administerial Complex 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 it ancient symbolism as a "winged god of the sun".
Operations
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.
EgyptAir 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).
In 2004, EgyptAir 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.
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 compliment 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 EgyptAir 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.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.
In 2009,
EgyptAir's operations at its Cairo hub 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.
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.
The carrier is a founding member of
Arabesk Airline Alliance and the
Arab Air Carriers
Organization.
EgyptAir Holding Company
The EgyptAir Holding Company was created in 2002 with seven
companies (two were added at later dates):
- EgyptAir Airlines
- EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering (EASA Part 145
Certified)
- EgyptAir Ground Services
- EgyptAir Cargo
- EgyptAir In-flight Services
- EgyptAir Tourism & Duty Free Shops
- EgyptAir Medical Services
- EgyptAir Supplementary Industries Company (formed in 2006)
- EgyptAir Express (launched in
June 2007)
Subsidiaries
The airline has stakes in
Destinations
So far in
2009, EgyptAir have launched services to Abuja
, Almaty
, Catania
, Dar es Salaam
and Sharq
Al-Owainat.
Fleet
The EgyptAir fleet has an average age of 5.2 years and consists of
the following aircraft (at December 2009):
EgyptAir
Fleet
| Aircraft |
In
Service
|
Orders
(Options)
|
Passengers
(First/Business/Economy)
|
Routes |
Notes |
| Airbus A320-200 |
13 |
0 |
145 (-/16/129)
144 (-/10/134)
171 (-/-/171)
|
Domestic, Africa, Europe, Middle East |
5 in the 145-seat configuration
7 in the 144-seat configuration
1 in the 171-seat configuration
|
| Airbus A321-200 |
4 |
0 |
185 (-/10/175) |
Domestic, Europe, Middle East |
|
| Airbus A330-200 |
7 |
(3) |
268 (-/24/244) |
Europe, Africa, Asia |
Aircraft to be reconfigured with new interiors from 2010 |
| Airbus A330-300 |
0 |
8 |
296 (-/36/260) |
Europe, North America, Middle East |
New business class featuring full lie-flat beds
New economy cabins will be equipped with PTV
Deliveries: From August 2010
|
| Boeing 737-500 |
4 |
0 |
104 (-/8/96) |
Domestic, Africa, Europe, Middle East |
Also operating for Air Sinai
flights
1 to exit service in 2009
|
| Boeing 737-800 |
12 |
8 |
160 (-/16/144)
144 (-/24/120)
|
Domestic, Africa, Europe, Middle East |
5 in the 160-seat configuration
7 in the 144-seat configuration
Deliveries: From late 2010
|
| Airbus A340-200 |
3 |
0 |
260 (12/24/224) |
Japan, Middle East |
Fleet to be gradually retired from 2010 |
| Boeing 777-200ER |
5 |
0 |
319 (12/21/286) |
Bangkok (until 01JUN10), Guangzhou (until 01
JUN10), Jeddah, London, New York |
3 aircraft to be retired in 2010 |
| Boeing 777-300ER |
0 |
6 |
340 (-/49/291) |
TBD |
Deliveries: March 2010 (1), 2010 (3), 2011 (1), 2012 (1)
All leased from GECAS
New business class featuring full lie-flat beds
New economy cabins will be equipped with PTV
Aircraft Registrations: SU-GDL/M/N/O/P/R
|
| Total |
48 |
22 (+3) |
|
|
Last updated: December 2009 |
As of November 2009, the EgyptAir Holding Company fleet
(which
includes EgyptAir Airlines, EgyptAir Express and EgyptAir
Cargo) stood at 64 (+ 22 orders and 3 options).
As part of the airline's fleet renewal programme, EgyptAir has
agreed an exclusive agreement with DVB´s Aviation Asset Management
(subsidiary of Germany's DVB Bank) to re-market 3 of its 5 oldest
Boeing 777-200ERs (SU-GBP/R/S) and
all 3
Airbus A340-200s. All aircraft
involved were delivered new to the airline in 1997.
Furthermore, 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 (
see below).
From 06
November 2009 to 16 December 2009 the airline will temporarily
lease 2 Airbus A300-600R aircraft
from Monarch Airlines to operate
additional flights to Saudi Arabia
(Jeddah
and Medina
) for the
2009 Hajj program. Each aircraft is
configured with 361 economy class seats. Since 2005 EgyptAir
annually leases from
Monarch
Airlines for
Hajj flights.
Code Share Agreements
EgyptAir has code-share agreements with the following airlines
(updated: December 2009):
List of Codeshares
| Airline |
Airport & City |
Country |
Alliance & Notes |
| Asiana |
Incheon International Airport , Seoul |
South Korea |
Star
Alliance
Code sharing via respective carriers' flights to Kansai
International Airport and Narita International Airport
|
| Austrian Airlines |
Vienna International Airport , Vienna
The following are via Vienna Airport :
|
Austria |
Star Alliance |
| bmi |
London Heathrow Airport , London
The following are via Heathrow Airport :
The following are via Cairo Airport :
|
United Kingdom |
Star Alliance |
| Brussels Airlines |
Brussels Airport , Brussels |
Belgium |
Star Alliance (member from 9
December 2009)
Code share begins 12 January 2010
|
| Gulf Air |
Bahrain International Airport , Bahrain |
Bahrain |
|
| Lufthansa |
Frankfurt Airport , Frankfurt
Munich
Airport , Munich
|
Germany |
Star Alliance |
| Olympic Airlines |
Athens International Airport , Athens |
Greece |
Code share from Alexandria's El Nouzha
Airport only |
| Singapore Airlines |
Singapore Changi Airport , Singapore
The following are via Changi Airport :
|
Singapore |
Star Alliance |
| South African Airways |
OR Tambo International
Airport , Johannesburg |
South Africa |
Star Alliance |
| Swiss International
Airlines |
Geneva International Airport , Geneva
Kloten
Airport , Zurich
|
Switzerland |
Star Alliance |
| TAP Portugal |
Portela Airport , Lisbon |
Portugal |
Star Alliance |
| Thai Airways
International |
Suvarnabhumi Airport , Bangkok |
Thailand |
Star Alliance |
| Tunis Air |
Carthage Airport , Tunis |
Tunisia |
|
| Turkish Airlines |
Atatürk
International Airport , Istanbul |
Turkey |
Star Alliance |
| United Airlines |
John F.
Kennedy International Airport , New
York
The following are via Heathrow Airport:
The
following are via John F. Kennedy Airport :
|
United States of America |
Star Alliance |
| Yemenia |
Aden International Airport , Aden
Hodeida
International Airport , Hodeida
Sana'a
International Airport , Sana'a
Ta'izz
International Airport , Ta'izz
|
Yemen |
MS code placed on IY operated flights to ADE, HOD &
TAI
IY code placed on MS operated flights to SAH
|
Incidents and accidents
- On 23 November 1985, EgyptAir
Flight 648 operated by a Boeing 737 was hijacked to Malta Airport by three men from the Abu Nidal terrorist group. Omar Rezaq was among them. After several hours of
negotiations, Egyptian troops stormed the aircraft and battled with
the hijackers, who threw several hand grenades and shot / killed
five Israeli and US passengers. The aircraft was severely damaged
by the explosions and fire. Two of the six crew members and 59 of
the 90 passengers were killed.
- On 31
October 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990
 , a Boeing 767 flying between New York
City and Cairo, crashed
into the Atlantic
Ocean off the coast of Nantucket . The relief first officer of the flight,
Gameel Al-Batouti, was suspected
by U.S. authorities of committing suicide and intentionally
crashing the plane. Egyptian officials have strongly disputed that
claim..
- On 7
May 2002, EgyptAir Flight 843, a
Boeing 737-500, crashed into terrain
in heavy rain, fog, and a sandstorm on its approach to Tunis, Tunisia, killing 15 of 64 occupants.
References
- " Egyptair." Arab Air Carriers
organization. Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
- [1]
- NTSB Group Chairman's Factual Report,
January 18,
2000
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