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Egyptair Overview


Egyptair is the state-owned flag-carrier of Egypt. Based at Cairo International Airport, the airline operates passenger and freight flights to more than 80 destinations across over 50 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Egyptair began operations in 1932, the seventh carrier in the world and the first in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Although wholly owned by the Egyptian government, special legislation allows it to operate independent of government interference.

Egyptair owns Egyptair Express and Air Sinai, and also has stakes in Air Cairo (60 percent) and Smart Aviation Company (20 percent).

In 2008 Egyptair joined the Star Alliance network, and the following year it announced a joint venture – the Civil Aviation Finance and Operating Leases (CIAF-Leasing) – with Aviation Capital Group (ACG) and other Egyptian private and public shareholders.

In 2025 Egyptair received EGP 20 billion ($39 million) from Egypt’s finance ministry to expand, with plans to add 125 aircrafts to its fleet over the next five years.

Egyptair News

Aircraft, Flight, Transportation

Etihad to double routes and flights to Africa in 2025

Etihad Airways will double its routes and frequencies to Africa next year as part of its global expansion plan. The Abu Dhabi-headquartered airline has launched three new African routes in the past two months. The national carrier serves four African destinations: Johannesburg, South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Mahe, Seychelles; and Casablanca, Morocco. It will also resume […]

A vendor at a vegetable market in Cairo. The IMF is encouraging the Egyptian government to continue selling stakes in state assets

Egypt confronts sell-off of more state assets

More sales of Egyptian state assets from petrol stations to wind farms are likely to be announced in the financial year to June 2025, according to people familiar with the negotiations. A deal with the UAE worth $35 billion to develop a resort at Ras El Hekma on the Mediterranean has eased the pressure on […]

Emirates will be adding to its fleet, which currently consists of A380s and Boeing 777s (pictured) plane sky clouds Dubai, UAE November 16, 2021: A Boeing 777X aircraft on aerial display at the Dubai Airshow

Emirates reaches deal with Airbus for 15 new aircraft

Emirates Airline appears to have reached a compromise with French plane manufacturer Airbus over the latter’s Rolls-Royce engines after the Dubai-based carrier announced an order of 15 Trent XWB-84 powered A350-900 aircraft. The $6 billion deal was revealed at Dubai Airshow just days after both Emirates president Tim Clark and chairman and chief executive Sheikh […]

A Rolls Royce Trent XWB engine, designed specifically for the Airbus A350, at the Rolls Royce factory in Derby, England

Airbus chief defends Rolls-Royce engines

French plane manufacturer Airbus has defended its Rolls-Royce engines following words of caution from Emirates president Tim Clark.  The Dubai carrier’s chief told reporters on the second day of the Dubai Airshow that he wanted improvements on durability and maintenance costs before going ahead with any plans to buy Airbus A350 jets. His comments came […]

Ras Muhammad National Park woman at entrance

EgyptAir needs 34 more aircraft to meet demand

EgyptAir will need to increase its fleet size by more than a third to cope with demand, the airline’s group chairman and CEO, Yehia Zakaria, said at the Dubai Airshow on Monday. Zakaria was speaking as the state-owned carrier announced a lease agreement with the US-based Air Lease Corporation covering 18 Boeing 737-8s. Deliveries of […]