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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 […]

Tombs sealed for 4,300 years were discovered in January in the Saqqara necropolis, south of the Giza pyramids in Egypt

Tourism rebound brings spot of light to lessen gloom for Egypt

Egyptian tourism performed strongly in the final quarter of 2022 – and this could have “a multiplier effect” for the country’s economy, analysts have said. Hotel occupancy in Cairo has continued to rebound despite Egypt’s economic challenges, according to the latest report by real estate consultancy JLL. The average occupancy rate for January to November […]