EgyptAir was founded as a private company in May 1932, becoming the seventh airline in the world. In August of 1933, EgyptAir’s first flight departed from Cairo’s Almaza Airport to Alexandria. The Egyptian Government took over the company during the Second World War, however, it was soon returned to its status as an independent company.
In the 1960s, the company was merged with Syrian Airlines, forming a new company called United Arab airlines. Although this merger lasted for only one year, the company kept the name until 1971, when it was renamed EgyptAir.
In July 2002, EgyptAir changed its structure into a holding company with nine subsidiaries. During the past 75 years, the company has expanded its network to cover more than 80 destinations worldwide and become one of the leading airlines in Africa and the Middle East.
EgyptAir now operates more than 600 weekly flights from Cairo and several other Egyptian cities to more than 66 domestic and international destinations across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. read more...
EgyptAir Airlines
EgyptAir Airlines is the main subsidiary of EgyptAir Holding. Throughout 75 years of service, we have successfully extended our network to reach major destinations across the world. We operate more than 300 weekly flights to more than 65 worldwide destinations and also cover 16 additional destinations through code-share agreements.
We are in the process of executing a major project for route network restructuring, focusing on direct flights and using Cairo International Airport as our main hub.
EgyptAir Airlines plans to take part in Cairo Airport terminal building 3 projects, Cairo International Airport offers excellent possibilities for transit and transfer passengers all over the world. The Terminal is designed for both international and domestic traffic and has a capacity of 11 million passengers annually. read more...
EgyptAir Cargo
EgyptAir Cargo Founded in 2002, EgyptAir Cargo is a member of the EgyptAir Holding Company. EgyptAir Cargo has been at the forefront of transporting and handling general and special cargo. Building on this experience, EgyptAir Cargo has the following:
EgyptAir Cargo’s fleet is composed of four medium-range wide-body aircraft — two A300B4 freighters and two A300-600 freighters. The bellies of EgyptAir passenger planes add significant capacity to EgyptAir Cargo’s air transport capability as EgyptAir flies to around 70 major international cities in Europe, the United States, Canada, Africa, the Gulf and the Far East.
EgyptAir Cargo established its first cargo terminal in May 1981 with an area of 50,000 square meters and a capacity of 120,000 tons per year. An additional area of 9,600 square meters has recently been added to the Cairo cargo terminal to improve the cargo flow and increase capacity. read more...
EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering
EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineering (M&E)company is a subsidiary of EgyptAir Holding Company. It is the only full maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider in Egypt. The principal role of EgyptAir M&E is to support EgyptAir’s mixed fleet of 36 aircraft and to service the third-party market.
EgyptAir M&E holds an Egyptian Civil Aviation Approval and EASA 145 certificate allowing it to offer MRO services to regional and European carriers. EgyptAir M&E has an authorized capital of EGP500 million and a paid-in capital of EGP 330 million distributed over 300,000 shares with a value of EGP100 each. read more...
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EgyptAir Ground Services
EgyptAir Ground Services is part of the EgyptAir Holding Company. We provide all of the ground handling services — from aircraft handling to passenger and cargo services — at Cairo International Airport and throughout EgyptAir’s international and domestic airports including: Sharm El- Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Alexandria, Borg El-Arab, Taba,El-Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Assiut, the New Valley and El-Arish.
Our customers value our performance as a reliable provider which maintains consistent standards of quality and punctuality. We were the first handling company in Egypt and the Middle East, beginning operations in 1938. We have gained the trust of our customers through commitment to service level agreements with all the carriers we handle, ensuring that safety comes first in all our aircraft-handling activities. read more...
EgyptAir In-Flight Services
EgyptAir In-Flight Services (IFS) pioneered the business in 1946. We have already started the second phase of our ambitious expansion plan to extend our services to internal airports, where the services are feasible, by opening our new catering premises at Hurghada airport on October 15, 2005. This unit represents a meaningful addition not only for our company but also for Hurghada as an international airport. At the same time, another catering unit is now being constructed at Sharm El-Sheikh Airport and is expected to be operational by the end of 2006.
Meanwhile, we are working very hard to put IFS on the international track of the in-flight services industry. To achieve this target, EgyptAir Holding, the owner of IFS, has decided to increase its capital by selling 60,000 additional shares, representing 40% of its capital, to international in-flight services companies. Our hopes are great and our faith in our capabilities greater. Our financial reports show that we are on the right track to achieving our goals, bearing in mind that the leader is always one step ahead. read more...
EgyptAir Tourism & Duty Free Shops
EgyptAir Tourism & Duty Free Shops is an organization operating two distinct businesses within the overall tourism industry. The Tourism Division, using its marketing name Karnak, operates from offices located in Cairo and the main tourist centers of Egypt. It provides ticket sales services for EgyptAir and other airlines, earning commission on the ticket sales. In addition, the company sells and operates guided tour services on a scheduled basis, using a fleet of 46 buses to handle approximately 1 million passenger tours per annum.
Karnak provides tours specially designed for Cairo International Airport transit passengers awaiting connecting flights and also operates a range of two-to-seven day specialized tours. The Duty Free Shopping Division provides the services of duty free shopping to both arriving and departing passengers at the main airports of Egypt. Its business is mainly based on concession agreements signed with the management of main Egyptian Airports. An important and growing element of this business is sales to arriving passengers, who may purchase customs allowances up to 48 hours after their arrival. read more...
EgyptAir Medical Services
EgyptAir hospital was opened in 1986 as the medical division of the EgyptAir company. At the beginning it served only EgyptAir employees and their families; later, its services were extended to cover all civil-aviation field workers and it now offers medical services to the public. In 2002, when EgyptAir was turned into a holding company, the medical division of the company became the EgyptAir company for Medical Services. As a customer-oriented company, we exert a lot of effort to improve our performance and to achieve patient satisfaction. A team of highly qualified physicians and nursing staff serve patients using advanced modern equipment. During 2005 we treated 345,970 patients in our outpatient clinics.
Our Emergency Department received 12,867 patients, 4,035 operations were performed in our surgical departments and our inpatient occupancy reached 75–80% of its bed capacity. As a result of these numbers, our income statement for 2005/6 showed profitability of EGP 3.1 million. EgyptAir Medical Services hopes to better serve patients in the future. Before the end of 2006, our new heart and organ transplant unit will begin receiving patients. We also have short-term plans that include developing an advanced unit for brain and spine surgery, renewing and upgrading the radiology department and constructing a new building to increase bed capacity. read more...
EgyptAir Supplementary Industries
EgyptAir Supplementary Industries is an Egyptian subsidiary corporate company established according to Civil Aviation Minister directive number 586 /2005 dated 26-10-2005, in accordance with the business-sector companies law issued under law number 203 /1991 and its administrative directives.
The primary purpose of the company is to cover the material demands of the holding company and all its subsidiaries, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and its companies and authorities. The company produces plastic products, uniforms, leather items, furniture, cargo dollies and metal products, while the EgyptAir print house produces materials including stationery items, forms, publications and brochures. read more...
EgyptAir Express
EgyptAir Domestic & Regional Airlines (EgyptAir Express ) established in 2006 as ninth subsidiary of EgyptAir Holding Company started operations in June 2007. it is focus on serving domestic routes with convenient scheduling and competitive prices . EgyptAir express use fleet of Brazilian-made Embraer170 aircraft . the Embraer 170’s small size is more economical and efficient for relatively short domestic routs . the 76-seat planes provide a high level of comfort because there are only two rows of seats on each side every seat is either window ore aisle . the embraer170 have both economy and premium classes and can provide in – flight service tailored to the short flights EgyptAir Express is also developing a network of medium-range routes in the eastern Mediterranean area.
EgyptAir Express will receive 6 aircrafts ERJ170 starting Dec. 2008 until May 2009 to grow it's fleet 12 aircraft. read more...
Company Vision: Deliver competitive customer service with true Egyptian spirit.
Company Mission: Create value for our customers, employees, owners and stakeholders through providing high quality service to domestic and short-haul international markets with competitive prices.
Company Value:
- Safety comes first.
- Efficiency
- Teamwork
- Continue learning
- Serving the Egyptian Economy