EgyptAir

{{Short description|State-owned flag carrier of Egypt}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox airline | airline = EgyptAir <br />{{nobold|{{lang|ar|مصر للطيران}}<br />{{transliteration|ar|Miṣr le-ṭ-Ṭayarān}}}} | image = SU-GET@PEK (20190821150927).jpg | caption = An EgyptAir Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner | logo = Egypt Air.svg | logo_size = | IATA = MS | ICAO = MSR | callsign = EGYPTAIR | parent = Egyptair Holding Company ''(Government of Egypt)'' | founded = {{start date and age|1932|06|07|df=yes}} | commenced = {{start date and age|1933|07||df=yes}} | headquarters = Egyptair Administrative Complex<br />Cairo, Egypt | key_people = {{bulleted list| | Ahmed Adel (Chairman & CEO of Egyptair Holding Company)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://egyptian-gazette.com/skyward/pilot-ahmed-adel-appointed-chairman-of-egyptair-holding-company/ |title=Egyptair |date=23 February 2025 |publisher=Egyptian Gazette |access-date=25 February 2025}}</ref> | Capt. Mohamed Elyan (CEO of Egyptair Airlines)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/4939080.aspx?ocid=Nabd_App |title=الطيار محمد عليان رئيساً لشركة مصر للطيران للخطوط الجوية |date=12 August 2024 |publisher=Al Ahram |access-date=2024-08-12}}</ref>}} | aoc = | hubs = {{nowrap|Cairo}} | focus_cities = {{ubl|class=nowrap | Alexandria | Sharm El Sheikh}} | frequent_flyer = Egyptair Plus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptairplus.com/MS_Member_WebSite/frequent.jsp |title=EGYPTAIR Plus |access-date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625124551/http://www.egyptairplus.com/MS_Member_WebSite/frequent.jsp |archive-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> | lounge = | alliance = Star Alliance | subsidiaries = <ref>{{cite web|title=Egypt Air|url=http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Data/Africa_file/Company/egypt02.html|website=Institute of Developing Economies|publisher=Japan External Trade Organization|access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Al Mal news">{{cite news|url=https://almalnews.com/%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88/|title=Egyptair Restructuring and merger with Egyptair Express and Egyptair Cargo|date=11 November 2019|publisher=Al Mal news}}</ref><ref name="almasryalyoum.com">{{cite web|title=Egyptair Express merged with Egyptair Airlines|url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1440439}}</ref>{{ubl|class=nowrap|Air Cairo|Egyptair Cargo|Smart Aviation Company}} | fleet_size = 71 | destinations = 102<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/MS | title=EgyptAir on ch-aviation.com | website=ch-aviation.com | access-date= 21 November 2023}}</ref> | num_employees = 9,000 (December 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.staralliance.com/en/about/airlines/egyptair_airlines/ |title=EGYPTAIR – Star Alliance |work=staralliance.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607142523/http://www.staralliance.com/en/about/airlines/egyptair_airlines/ |archive-date=7 June 2015 }}</ref> | website = {{URL|www.egyptair.com}} }}

'''EgyptAir''' <!--Please refrain from adding the Arabic name to this section, as it have already been clearly specified in the Infobox. Reiterating the native name in the Lede is unnecessary and redundant.--> is the state-owned flag carrier<ref name="Egyptair receives fourth Boeing 737-800" /> of Egypt. The airline is headquartered at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operating scheduled passenger and freight services to 81 destinations in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas, as of 2022.<ref name="flightconnections.com">{{Cite web |title=Egyptair Flights and Destinations – FlightConnections |url=https://www.flightconnections.com/route-map-egyptair-ms |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.flightconnections.com |language=en}}</ref> Egyptair is a member of Star Alliance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.staralliance.com/en/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.staralliance.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==History==

===Early years: Misr Airwork (1932–1949)=== Alan Muntz, chairman of Airwork, visited Egypt in 1931; at that time, he expressed his intention of starting up a new airline in the country. The new enterprise was named ''Misr Airwork'', with {{Transliteration|ar|Miṣr}} ({{lang|ar|مصر}}) being Arabic for "Egypt". On 31 December 1931, the government granted the new company the exclusivity of air transport operations.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=51}} A division of Misr Airwork named ''Misr Airlines'' was established on 7 June 1932,{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=51}} ″to promote the spirit of aviation among Egyptian youth″, becoming the seventh carrier in the world at that time.<ref name="Egyptair - 'pioneer of air travel'" /> The headquarters of Misr Airwork, S.A.E. was in Almaza Aerodrome, Heliopolis, Cairo.<ref>''Flight International''. 28 April 1938. p. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%201198.html 416] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141006155431/http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%201198.PDF Archive]). "MISR AIRWORK, S.A.E., Almaza Aerodrome, Heliopolis."</ref>

The initial investment was £E20,000, with ownership split between the Misr Bank (85%), Airwork (10%), and Egyptian private investors (5%). Operations started in July 1933, initially linking Cairo with Alexandria and Mersa Matruh using de Havilland DH.84 Dragon equipment. By August that year, the frequency on the Cairo–Alexandria service had been boosted to twice-daily.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=51}} In late 1933,<ref name="Flight1933-1284" /> a twice-weekly Cairo–Aswan flight that called at Asyut and Luxor was inaugurated.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=51}} Via Port Said, a flight from Cairo that served Lydda, Haifa and Gaza was launched in 1934. On 3 August 1935, a test service via Lydda with a final destination in Nicosia began using de Havilland D.H.86 aircraft; the service was terminated on 20 October that year.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=51}} The Alexandria–Port Said–Cairo–Minia–Assiut route was opened in late 1935.<ref name="Flight1936-23" /> During 1935, the airline carried 6,990 passengers and {{convert|21830|kg}} of freight; for the year, these regular services flew {{convert|419467|mi}}.<ref name="Flight1936-314" />

The Alexandria–Assiut route, which called at Port Said, Cairo and Minia, and the Cairo–Cyprus–Haifa–Baghdad run were the two operative services the carrier had by 1936. Hadj flights commenced in 1937. Operations to Cyprus resumed in 1938 with a Cairo–Lydda–Haifa–Larnaka service.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=51}} The carrier operated all-British aircraft in the early years,<ref name="Flight1960-588/9" />{{rp|588}} and by April 1939 the fleet comprised one D.H. Dragon, one D.H. Dragonfly, five D.H. Rapìdes, two D.H.86s and one D.H.86B that worked on the Alexandria–Cairo, Alexandria–Port Said–Cairo–Minia–Assiut, Cairo–Assiut–Luxor–Assuan, Cairo–Lydda–Haifa–Baghdad and Cairo–Port Said–Lydda–Haifa routes.<ref name="Flight1939-429" /> The Egyptian government took over all the routes in September 1939. In 1940, a service to Beirut and Palestine was started. Three Avro 19s were incorporated into the fleet in 1944. Three accidents that took place in late 1945 prompted strikes for a fleet renewal and caused operations to come to a total halt since February 1946;{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=51}} services resumed in May, and by late 1946 the fleet included four Avro Ansons, one Beech AT-11, five Beech C-45s, four de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapides and two North American AT-6 Texan.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=51–52}} The carrier benefited from the Allies' regional aircraft disposal station that sold surplus military aircraft being located in Egypt. Two more Beech C-45s were delivered in 1947, and the Vickers Viking was incorporated in 1948. In May 1949,<ref name="FI1965-606" /> all the capital and the aircraft park was acquired by the government.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=52}} After the Egyptian state became the sole shareholder, the company changed its name to ''Misrair SAE''.<ref name="FI1965-606" />

===Misrair (1949–1957)=== Misrair continued to fly the same routes as its predecessor.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=52}} In 1951, three Languedocs were acquired;<ref name="Flight1951-633"/> these were intended for deployment on longer routes.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=52}} The Languedocs replaced the Vikings on flights to Geneva, Khartoum, and Tehran.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=52}}

On 1 December 1952 Misrair took over the domestic competitor '''Services Aériens Internationaux d'Égypte''' (SAIDE) and thus ended the flight operations of this airline. Only the successful route Cairo-Tunis was carried over to Misrair's own route network.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=55}}

Three Vickers Viscounts were ordered in early 1954.<ref name="Flight1954-414"/> During that year, the carrier transported 64,539 passengers. At March 1955, Misrair's fleet comprised one Beechcraft, three Languedocs and seven Vikings; the three Viscounts were still pending delivery.<ref name="Flight1955-307"/> Douglas DC-3s were subsequently purchased and deployed on domestic routes, as well as to neighbouring Arab countries. Delivery of the first two Viscounts occurred in December 1955; they were put into service in March 1956.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=52}} Eight months later on 1 November 1956, one Viscount (SU-AIC) was written off while parked at Almaza Airport due to an air-raid by the RAF during the Suez Crisis<ref name="Flight1957-203"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Unlawful interference, Vickers 739 Viscount SU-AIC, 1 October 1956 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/334619 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref>{{efn|name="ASNdate"|Aviation Safety Network misquotes date as 1 October 1956}} The number of passengers transported during 1955 had grown to {{cardinal|77050}}.<ref name="Flight1956-475"/> In February 1957, Misrair was renamed ''United Arab Airlines''.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=52}} Late that year, two more Viscounts were ordered at a cost of £600,000–800,000, including spares.

===United Arab Airlines (1957–1971)=== Following the formation of the United Arab Republic by Egypt and Syria on 1 February 1958, Misrair was renamed ''United Arab Airlines (UAA)'' in March that year.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=55}}{{efn|Despite the ''UAA'' renaming formally taking place in the autumn of 1960 following the merger of Misrair and Syrian Airways,<ref name="FI1965-606" /> Misrair had been using the ″United Arab Airlines″ title since 1958.<ref name="Flight1961-512" />|group="nb"}} A Cairo–Athens–Rome–Zürich service was launched on 7 July; Syrian Airways merged into UAA on 23 December, with the latter absorbing both the routes and the equipment of the Syrian carrier.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=55}} By March 1960, the airline had 579 employees. At that time, the fleet comprised one Beech Model 18, four DC-3s, six Vikings and six Viscounts.<ref name="Flight1960-504/5" />{{rp|505}} One of the Viscounts crashed into the Mediterranean on 10 April, killing 17 passengers and a crew of three.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=55}} With registration SU-ALC,<ref name="Flight1960-850" /> the first of three Comet 4Cs<ref name="Flight1960-855" /> was delivered on 9 June.<ref name="Flight1960-588/9" />{{rp|588}} Operations using two of these aircraft started on 16 July the same year.<ref name="Flight1960-588/9" />{{rp|588}} By October 1960, Misrair had Comets deployed on the Cairo–Belgrade–Prague, Cairo–Rome–London, Cairo–Jeddah and Cairo–Khartoum runs,<ref name="Flight1960-588/9" />{{rp|588}} DC-3s on the Cairo–Alexandria–Mersa Matruh, Cairo–Assiut–Luxor, Cairo–Luxor–Aswan and Cairo–Port Said–Alexandria services, and Viscounts were used for the non-stop flights that linked Cairo and Alexandria.<ref name="Flight1960-588/9" />{{rp|589}} An order for two more Comets was placed in November 1960.<ref name="Flight1960-855" /> Syria's association with UAA ended in October 1961, when Syrian Arab Airways was established by the Syrian government in Damascus; the route network and fleet that had been taken over by UAA were returned to the new company.<ref name="FI1963-542" />

[[File:United Arab Airlines Comet Soderstrom.jpg|thumb|left|A United Arab Airlines Comet 4C departs Geneva Airport in 1968.]]

Two more Comets, the {{ordinal to word|4}} and {{ordinal to word|5}} ones,{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=55}} were ordered in early 1961.<ref name="Flight1961-100" /> Three ex-SAS DC-6s were purchased in April 1961. The Cairo–Lagos run was extended to Accra on 12 June and flights to Moscow commenced on 21 June.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=55}} A contract with Boeing for the purchase of Boeing 707-320B with delivery dates between November 1961 and April 1964 was signed; the deal fell through when the airline could not find financing.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=55–56}} On 1 November, a new flight to Karachi and Bombay was launched, and the sixth and seventh Comets were ordered in December; these were delivered in April 1962.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=56}} Also in 1961, the Cairo–Nicosia run, suspended since the Suez Crisis in 1956, was restored, flown with Viscount equipment.<ref name="Flight1961-27" /> Routed via Bangkok and Hong Kong, the Bombay service was extended to Tokyo in May 1962.<ref name="FI1963-546" /> The three-strong crew of a DC-3 that crashed at Heliopolis{{clarify|reason=where? Almaza Air Base or somewhere else?|date=December 2024}} on 16 May 1962 died,{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} and 26 more people perished in an accident involving a Comet at Bangkok on 19 July the same year. Two more Comets were acquired in August, entering the fleet in September the same year and during 1963. On 15 February 1963, the route to Baghdad was resumed after a three-year hiatus, but the service was short-lived, as political tensions between Egypt, Iraq and Syria forced the disruption of flights to both this destination and to Damascus; on 1 April, a new service to Rhodesia was inaugurated. On 12 May 1963 a DC-3 crashed near Alexandria, killing 27 passengers and a crew of {{cardinal to word|4}} and on 28 July 1963, a Comet crashed into the ocean near Bombay, killing 62. Short of aircraft to serve Tokyo, the route was terminated. Also, another Comet, SU-ALM, resulted damaged in Benghazi on 12 September, the {{ordinal to word|9}} and final Comet was delivered in 1964. Also that year, three ex-Pan Am DC-6Bs were purchased, and another three were acquired from Northwest Orient; these aircraft were put on service on domestic routes and began replacing the Viscounts. Also aimed at operating domestic services, seven Antonov An-24s were ordered for {{US$|2.3}}&nbsp;million.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=56}}

[[File:United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-62 Volpati-1.jpg|thumb|A United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-62 at Le Bourget Airport in 1971]] By March 1965, seven Comet 4Cs and four Viscounts flew on routes across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, along with a service to Lagos and Accra.<ref name="FI1965-606" /> On 1 August, a subsidiary airline named ''Misrair'' started operations.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=56}}{{efn|The carrier was conceived to operate domestic and regional services.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=52}} Four An-24s made up Misrair's fleet at the time operations started, and three more were expected by year end. One of these aircraft was lost in an accident at Aswan Airport on 2 February 1966; a second aircraft was involved in a deadly accident at Cairo on 19 March, killing 30. Alexandria–Athens, Cairo–Alexandria, Cairo–Luxor, Cairo–Nicosia and Cairo–Port Said–El Arish were among the routes operated by the carrier. Misrair ceased to exist on 1 June 1968 due to poor economic performance. Operations were absorbed by ''UAA''.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=53}}|group="nb"}} A contract worth {{US$|30}}&nbsp;million for three Boeing 707-320Cs was signed with Boeing on 15 June 1966 and also included four additional machines on option. On 1 November, the airline suppressed the stop at Prague on the Cairo–Prague–Moscow service, and in January 1967 UAA started the Cairo–Frankfurt–Copenhagen run. On 22 June 1967, a Comet crashed in Kuwait while landing; there were no fatalities but the aircraft was written off. In August 1968, the airline took delivery of two Ilyushin Il-18s.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=56}} The first Boeing 707 was handed over by the aircraft manufacturer on 21 October the same year;<ref name="FI1968-689" /> it was later put into service on the Cairo–London corridor.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=56}} One of the Il-18s was involved in a deadly crash while attempting to land at Aswan Airport on 20 March 1969. That March, the carrier started services to East Berlin with Il-18 equipment and in June the route to Tokyo via Kuwait, Bombay, Bangkok and Hong Kong was resumed.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=56}}

On 14 January 1970, a Comet 4C (SU-ANI) crashed on landing at Addis Ababa from Cairo; no one of the 14 people on board resulted seriously injured. On 30 January 1970 the landing gear of an Antonov An-24V, SU-AOK, collapsed on touchdown at Luxor. On 19 February SU-ALE, another Comet, aborted takeoff from Munich Riem Airport at {{convert|30|ft}}, fell back to the runway, slid until the end of it and hit a fence. Another An-24V, SU-AOC, belly-landed at Cairo on 14 March.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=57}} At March 1970, UAA had 7,810 employees; the fleet comprised seven An-24Bs, three Boeing 707-366Cs, six Comet 4Cs and three Il-18s.<ref name="FI1970-508" /> The fourth Boeing 707 was delivered in March 1970. An An-24V (SU-ANZ) was on a training flight and crashed near Cairo, killing the three occupants on 19 July.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=57}} On 2 January 1971, a Comet (SU-ALC) hit sand dunes on approach to Tripoli,{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=57}} with the loss of lives of the {{cardinal to word|8}} passengers on board and the crew of {{cardinal to word|8}}.<ref name="Egyptair - 'pioneer of air travel'" /> On 23 May 1971, the acquisition of two Ilyushin Il-62s was announced, scheduled for delivery in June the same year.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=57}} June 1971 saw the airline using these aircraft on European routes,{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=57}} supplementing the services operated with the Boeing 707s.<ref name="FI1971-80" /> The Il-62s were introduced on Asian services on 9 July.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=57}} The name of the airline was changed to ''Egyptair'' on 10 October 1971, following the country changing its name to Arab Republic of Egypt.<ref name="FI1971-677" />

===Egyptair (1971–onwards)=== [[File:EgyptAir Boeing 707-320C SU-AVZ ZRH Jun 1978.png|thumb|An Egyptair Boeing 707-320C at Zurich Airport in 1978]]

Egyptair inherited UAA's staff, equipment, assets and liabilities. On 19 March 1972, EgyptAir Flight 763, a Douglas DC-9-32 carrying Yugoslav registration YU-AHR crashed into the Shamsan Mountains, {{convert|4|mi}} southwest of Aden, killing all 30 occupants. On 16 June, an Ilyushin Il-62 (SU-ARN) was involved in a landing accident with no reported fatalities. In July, {{Cardinal to word|8}} Tupolev Tu-154s were ordered for {{US$|60}}&nbsp;million, with three of them slated for delivery in July 1973, three in November 1973 and two in March 1974.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=48}} Before firming the transaction up Egyptair had also considered the Boeing 727, but financing for these US-manufactured aircraft could not be arranged.<ref name="FI1972-404" /> Under the terms of the contract, light maintenance was to be performed in Egypt, whereas airframe and engine overhauling was to be undertaken in the Soviet Union.<ref name="FI1973-978" /> In July 1972, the acquisition of four Boeing 707-320Cs valued at {{US$|40}}&nbsp;million was announced. At this time, the airline had four Boeing 707s already in operation. The handover of the new aircraft had been arranged for March, May, June and September 1973.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=48}} On 5 December 1972, one of the four 707s already in the fleet (SU-AOW) crashed near Cairo while on a training flight. The crew of {{cardinal to word|6}} perished in the accident. Reports indicating the airframe had been shot down were denied by the Egyptian government.<ref name="FI1972-854" /> An Ilyushin Il-18, registration SU-AOY, was involved in a deadly accident near Nicosia on 29 January 1973 when it crashed into mountainous terrain, killing all {{cardinal|37}} occupants.<ref name="FI1973-184" /> Delivery of the four new Boeing 707s took place during the year, with two more 707-320Cs being ordered in September. In October the three Il-62s were returned to Aeroflot because of elevated operational costs and technical issues.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=48}} Also that month,{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=48}} the first Tu-154 entered the fleet and was used for pilot training.<ref name="FI1973-978" /> From Moscow, the handover of the Tu-154s was made through London-Heathrow, where these aircraft were fitted with British-made seats.<ref name="FI1973-978" />

[[File:EgyptAir Boeing 737-200Adv SU-AYO ZRH Sep 1979.png|thumb|An Egyptair Boeing 737-200 Advanced on short final to Zurich Airport in 1979]] The outbreak of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 had forced the carrier to suspend the Tokyo service; it was resumed on 15 March 1974 via Bombay, Bangkok and Manila. During 1974, the flight to Khartoum was extended to Kinshasa.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=48}} One of the brand new Tu-154 aircraft, SU-AXB, {{Interlanguage link|1974 Egyptair Tupolev Tu-154 crash|lt=crashed|ru|Катастрофа Ту-154 под Каиром|WD=}} on 10 July 1974 after takeoff from Cairo International Airport during a training flight, killing a crew of {{cardinal to word|6}} on board.<ref name="FI1974-51" /> Following the crash Egyptair requested the return of its Tu-154 fleet to the Soviets and a refund for the price paid for them.<ref name="FI1974-577" /> The capacity shortage caused by the grounding of the Tu-154s was partly alleviated by the lease of aircraft.<ref name="FI1974-530" /> The airline had already been looking for other aircraft to replace them and an order for {{cardinal to word|6}} Douglas DC-9-50s was placed in November. On 9 December, an Il-18, registration YR-IMK, crashed into the Red Sea; there were {{cardinal to word|9}} fatalities. In January 1975, the government turned the order with Douglas down and moved to Boeing for the provision of new equipment. An agreement with the Soviets for the return of the Tu-154s was struck on 10 February; early in the year, the An-24s were traded back to the company that represented the Soviets as partial repayment for the loan taken to acquire the aft-engined Tu-154s. The Boeing order was finalised by March and consisted of {{cardinal to word|4}} Boeing 727-200s and {{cardinal to word|6}} Boeing 737-200s. There were plans to trade the first {{cardinal to word|3}} Boeing 707-320Cs in for the new aircraft as part of the deal with Boeing.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=48}} Valued at {{US$|60}}&nbsp;million, the transaction was partly financed by the United Arab Emirates.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=48–49}} In May, the order was homogenised to {{cardinal to word|8}} Boeing 737-200s with deliveries slated for April and May 1976. Arrangements were made to sell the four Comets both to raise money to finance the new aircraft and to have an all-Boeing fleet.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}}

A link between Cairo and Milan began in January 1976 and a new flight to Vienna started in April.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}} Following allegations from the Egyptian parliament that airline officials had been bribed by Boeing to favour the 1975 order, the chairman Gamal Erfan resigned in February.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Egyptian Parliamentary Group Studies Accusation of a Boeing Payoff to Airline|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 February 1976|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/20/archives/egyptian-parliamentary-group-studies-accusation-of-a-boeing-payoff.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Egyptian Aide Alleges Boeing Payoffs|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/01/25/egyptian-aide-alleges-boeing-payoffs/430c2e81-7769-4d4a-9503-4ae044703406/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt Indicts Plane Buyers|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 November 1978|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/24/archives/egypt-indicts-plane-buyers.html}}</ref> On 22 April, a Boeing 737 flying from Cairo to Luxor was hijacked by {{cardinal to word|3}} Palestinians; an Egyptian commando team regained control of the aircraft with no damages to its structure. The {{cardinal to word|4}} Comets were sold to Dan-Air on 9 October. During the year, {{cardinal to word|7}} Boeing 737 Advanced entered the fleet.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}} A serious accident involving a Boeing 707 took place on 25 Dec when a non-regular flight from Cairo to Tokyo crashed into a textile mill while on approach to Bangkok, killing all {{cardinal|43}} passengers and a crew of {{cardinal to word|9}}; fatalities and injured people on the ground were also reported.<ref name="FI1977-51" /> Early in 1977, the first arrests related to the bribery case involving the Boeing order took place when a former pilot admitted he had been bribed for {{US$|150000}}. In February, an agreement to lease {{cardinal to word|2}} Airbus A300B4 aircraft from Germanair and Trans European Airlines<!-- this is the name appearing in supporting source --> was signed.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}}<ref name="FI1977-7" /> On 1 April, services to Abu Dhabi and Karachi were launched. The first A300 service flew the Cairo–Karachi route on 3 June.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}} The lease conditions for the aircraft owned by Bavaria Germanair changed to a lease/purchase agreement.<ref name="FI1978-6" /> Egyptair eventually acquired the two leased A300B4 aircraft. On 21 February 1978, a Boeing 707 made an emergency landing at Sharjah Airport after hitting a flock of birds; the incident caused substantial damage to the fuselage and the engines.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}} During 1979, {{cardinal to word|3}} A300B4-200s were ordered for {{US$|115}}&nbsp;million with a delivery span between September 1980 and September 1981; the carrier took options on {{cardinal to word|4}} more aircraft of the type.<ref name="FI1980-971" /><ref name="FI1979-1543" /> Financing for the {{cardinal to word|3}} firmly ordered aircraft was partly provided by the Midland Bank and the Dresdner Bank.<ref name="FI1980-971" />

[[File:EgyptAir A300B4-600R SU-GAR DUS 1997-03-01.jpg|thumb|An Egyptair Airbus A300B4-600R departs Düsseldorf International Airport in 1997.]]

At March 1980 the number of employees was 9,610 and the fleet consisted of two Airbus A300B4s, seven Boeing 707-320Cs, seven Boeing 737-200s and two Beech Barons.<ref name="FI1980-118-310" /> There was a major financial reorganisation in November 1980 when ownership of the company was shared by the National Bank of Egypt and the Misr Insurance Company.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}} In 1981, options for two Airbus A300B4-200s were converted into a firm order. This took the count of A300 aircraft pending delivery to four. At November this year the airline had five aircraft of the type in the fleet, two of them leased.<ref name="FI1981-120-1045" /> Another A300B4-200 was ordered in 1982.<ref name="FI1982-121-106" /> Overall, eight new Airbus A300B4s were introduced during the early 1980s. Three Boeing 767-200ERs (named "Nefertiti", "Nefertari" and "Tiye") were phased in during 1984.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}} Two Boeing 767-300ERs (named "Tuthmosis III" and "Ramses II") were phased in during 1989.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=49}} On 31 October 1999, "Tuthmosis III" crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 people on board.<ref name="ntsb2">{{cite web|url=http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2002/AAB0201.pdf|title=Aircraft Accident Brief: Egyptair Flight 990|date=March 2002|publisher=NTSB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022203915/http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2002/AAB0201.pdf|archive-date=22 October 2011}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/bip/Documents/bip-ms-casestudy.pdf |title=BAGGAGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM : Egyptair CASE STUDY: CAIRO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |website=Iata.org |access-date=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211623/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/bip/Documents/bip-ms-casestudy.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Egyptair divides operations into six in effort to multiply earnings" /> The move coincided with the 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.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Egyptair wholly owns Egyptair Express and Air Sinai. The airline has stakes in Air Cairo (60%) and Smart Aviation Company (20%).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thabane |first=Tebello |date=2024-10-17 |title=Rebooting State-Owned Companies in South Africa: Exploring the Viability of Singapore's State Holding Company (Temasek) Model of Ownership and Control |journal=Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal |volume=27 |doi=10.17159/1727-3781/2024/v27i0a17022 |issn=1727-3781|doi-access=free }}</ref>

In May 2006,<ref name="MSE-history">{{cite web|title=Egyptair Express History |publisher=Egyptair Express |url=http://express.egyptair.com/AboutUs/History.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424171656/http://express.egyptair.com/AboutUs/History.aspx |archive-date=24 April 2015 }}&nbsp;</ref> the airline launched a regional subsidiary called Egyptair Express with a fleet of new Embraer E170 jets with services commencing in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/airlines/egyptair-express-mse|title=Profile on Egyptair Express – CAPA – Centre for Aviation|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> The carrier links Cairo with Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor, Aswan, Marsa Alam, Abu Simbel and Alexandria (Egypt) in addition to secondary destinations to complement the parent company's network. In June 2009, the subsidiary received the last of the 12 E170 aircraft on order.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

This is fortified by huge assets of more than US$3.8&nbsp;billion. The airline's financial year is from July to June.<ref name="ntsb4">[https://www.ntsb.gov/events/ea990/docket/Ex_2A.pdf NTSB ''Group Chairman's Factual Report'', 18 January 2000]</ref> For the fiscal year ending 31 July 2007, Egyptair achieved a record total revenue of US$1.143&nbsp;billion. Total group revenue grew by 14%, as compared with the previous year.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

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.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

[[File:EgyptAir Boeing 737-800 SU-GCN FRA 2013-12-29.png|thumb|An Egyptair Boeing 737-800 in old livery at Frankfurt Airport in 2013]]

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 airlines serving Cairo have moved to Terminal 3. In 2010 the airline will overhaul operations at its Alexandria base by transferring operations from the older facilities at El Nouzha Airport to the new airport in Borg El Arab Airport.

During the 2009–2010 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.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} The new joint venture – named Civil Aviation Finance and Operating Leases (CIAF-Leasing) will initially focus on narrowbody aircraft.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Following the revolution of 2011, Egyptair is reported<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eturbonews.com/35497/egypts-national-airline-loses-185-million |title=Egyptair Egypt's national airline loses $185&nbsp;million |publisher=eTurboNews.com |date=16 June 2013 |access-date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214015040/http://www.eturbonews.com/35497/egypts-national-airline-loses-185-million |archive-date=14 December 2013}}</ref> to have suffered considerable losses. Egypt's civil aviation minister Wael El Maadawi said the airline lost an estimated 1.3&nbsp;billion Egyptian pounds, or around $185&nbsp;million, over the 2012/13 fiscal year, mainly due to an increase in fuel prices, the devaluation of the Egyptian currency and continuous strikes within the company. Losses for 2011/12 were apparently around double the 2012/13 figures. The carrier has reportedly suffered total losses of more than 7bn pounds, or nearly $1bn, since the 2011 uprising.

In the middle of 2012, a group of flight attendants asked for the right to wear hijabs as part of their work uniform. The company granted their request and hijab-wearing flight attendants first appeared in November 2012.<ref>"[http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptair-flight-attendants-fly-hijab-first-time Egyptair flight attendants fly with hijab for first time] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318184039/http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptair-flight-attendants-fly-hijab-first-time |date=18 March 2014}}." ''Egypt Independent''. Sunday 11 November 2012. Retrieved on 18 March 2014.</ref>

In November 2015, two weeks after the crash that brought down Metrojet Flight 9268 in the Sinai peninsula, Russian authorities banned Egyptair from flying to Russia, citing security concerns.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-bans-egypt-air-flights-to-russia-russian-metrojet-plane-crash-sinai/|title=Russia bans inbound Egypt Air flights|date=13 November 2015|work=CBS News|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

In January 2016, Egyptair was fined {{US$|140000}} for leasing aircraft to Sudan Airways during 2010–11, breaking economic sanctions imposed on Sudan in 1997.<ref name="US fines Egyptair for Sudanese leases" />

In April 2018, Russian authorities lifted the ban that prevented Egyptair from flying to Russia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Global|first=IndraStra|title=First Direct Flights between Cairo and Moscow Resumes|url=https://www.indrastra.com/2018/04/First-Direct-Flight-Cairo-Moscow-Resumes-004-04-2018-0013.html|journal=IndraStra|issn=2381-3652}}</ref>

Egyptair is one of the few airlines which does not serve alcoholic beverages on its flights.<ref name="About ShawnVoyage">{{cite web |url=http://shawnvoyage.com/airlines-that-don-t-serve-alcohol/ |title=Major Airlines that Don't Serve Alcohol |date=7 April 2014 |publisher=ShawnVoyage |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=3 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603182441/https://shawnvoyage.com/airlines-that-don-t-serve-alcohol/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As part of a restructuring of Egyptair, Aviation Minister Air Marshall Younes Hamed announced the merger of Egyptair Express, Egyptair Cargo, and Egyptair Ground Services Company with the mainline airline. As of 4 November 2019, only Egyptair Express was officially merged with the rest of plan to be completed by the end of 2019.<ref name="Al Mal news"/>

==Corporate affairs== ===Ownership and structure=== Egyptair is a state-owned company, 100% owned by the Government of Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|last=Young |first=Kathryn M. |url=http://atwonline.com/it-distribution/egyptair-contracts-sabre-help-implement-transformation-plan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220140014/http://atwonline.com/it-distribution/egyptair-contracts-sabre-help-implement-transformation-plan |archive-date=2014-12-20 |title=Egyptair contracts Sabre to help implement transformation plan &#124; IT & Distribution content from ATWOnline |date=20 December 2014 |access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> The Egyptair Holding Company<ref name="Report 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.egyptair.com/English/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx?Year=2010-2011 |title=Annual Report 2010–2011 |year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030055331/http://www.egyptair.com/English/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx?Year=2010-2011|archive-date=30 October 2013}}</ref> was created in 2002 with seven companies, with two further companies added at later dates.

There are three carriers, which operate under the same AOC but are managed separately and have their own profit and loss accounts: * Egyptair Airlines, the core airline company * EgyptAir Cargo, a dedicated cargo airline (established in 2002) * EgyptAir Express, the domestic and regional airline (launched in June 2007)

Other companies within Egyptair Holding Company are: * Egyptair Maintenance & Engineering, originally an in-house operation but now also carrying out 3rd party business; EASA Part 145 and FAA Certified<ref name="Report 2011"/> * Egyptair Ground Services, providing services to over 75% of the air carriers flying to Egypt<ref name="Report 2011"/> * Egyptair In-flight Services * Egyptair Tourism & Duty Free Shops * Egyptair Medical Services * Egyptair Supplementary Industries Company (formed in 2006)

=== Subsidiaries and associates === The airline has stakes in: * Air Cairo (60%)<ref name="CAPA">{{cite web|title=Egypt Air Holding Company|url=http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/airline-groups/egypt-air-holding-company|website=CAPA Centre for Aviation|access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> * Smart Aviation Company (13.33%) * Air Sinai (100%)<ref name="CAPA" /> * Egypt Aero Management Service (50%) * LSG Sky Chefs Catering Egypt (70%)<ref>{{cite web|title=LSG Sky Chefs Catering Egypt established Joint Venture Agreement signed by Egyptair, EAS and LSG Sky Chefs|url=http://www.lsgskychefs.com/media/news/lsg-sky-chefs-catering-egypt-established/|website=LSG Sky Chefs|publisher=LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG|access-date=10 June 2016|date=15 January 2009}}</ref> * CIAF-Leasing (20%)<ref>{{cite web|title=shareholder|url=http://ciafleasing.com/shareholder.html|website=ciafleasing|access-date=10 June 2016|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122074002/http://www.ciafleasing.com/shareholder.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Business trends=== Data for the Egyptair Holding Company and for its main subsidiary Egyptair Airlines, are shown below (for years ending 30 June):

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;" |- ! !2007 !2008 !2009 !2010 !2011 !2012 !2013 !2014 !2015 !2016 !2017 |- ! colspan="12"| Egyptair Holding Company |- | align="left"| Turnover (LE million) | 8,959 | 12,161 | 12,998 | 13,509 | 12,890 | 14,545 | 16,593 | 16,782 | 17,734 | 17,298 ! 25,084 |- | align="left"| Net profit (LE million) | 579 | 695 | 573 | 533 | {{color|red|−2,059}} | {{color|red|−3,106}} | {{color|red|−1,748}} | {{color|red|−2,817}} | 37 | 13 ! 72 |- | align="left"| Number of passengers (m) | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.0 | | | 8.2 | | ! |- | align="left"| Passenger load factor (%) | | | | 72 | 68 | | | | | 66 ! 69 |- | align="left"| Cargo carried (tons m) | | | | 127 | 121 | 122 | | | | ! |- | align="left"| Number of aircraft (at year end) | 45 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 81 | ! 77 |- ! colspan="12" |Egyptair Airlines |- | align="left"| Turnover (LE million) | 6,947 | 9,265 | 9,917 | 10,189 | 9,678 | 10,975 | 12,877 | 13,139 | 14,140 | 13,597 ! 20,010 |- | align="left"| Net profits (LE million) | 161 | 232 | 208 | 130 | {{color|red|−2,205}} | {{color|red|−3,069}} | {{color|red|−1,885}} | {{color|red|−2,923}} | {{color|red|−0,977}} | {{color|red|−1,279}} ! {{color|red|−5,553}} |- | align="left"| Number of passengers (m) | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 ! 7.0 |- | align="left"| Passenger load factor (%) | 63 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 68 | 65 | 67 | 63 | | 66 ! 69 |- | align="left"| Number of aircraft (at year end) | 38 | 40 | 48 | 50 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 60 | ! 50 |- | align="left"| <small>''Notes/sources''</small> |<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 76 | date= 3 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="Airlines Report 2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.egyptair.com/Arabic/Annual%20Reports/EgyptAir_Airlines07.pdf|title=Egyptair Airlines Annual Reports 2006–2007 |publisher=Egyptair |access-date=22 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030053344/http://www.egyptair.com/Arabic/Annual%20Reports/EgyptAir_Airlines07.pdf|archive-date=30 October 2013}}</ref><br /><ref name="Reports 2010" /> |<ref name="Reports 2010" /> |<ref name="Reports 2010" /><ref name="Reports 2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.egyptair.com/English/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx?Year=2008-2009|title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2008–2009 |publisher=Egyptair |access-date=21 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030060551/http://www.egyptair.com/English/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx?Year=2008-2009|archive-date=30 October 2013}}</ref><br /><ref name="Reports 2011" /> |<ref name="Reports 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.egyptair.com/English/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx?Year=2009-2010 |title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2009–2010 |publisher=Egyptair |access-date=21 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030053452/http://www.egyptair.com/English/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx?Year=2009-2010 |archive-date=30 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Reports 2011" /><br /><ref name="AACO 2011" /> |<ref name="Reports 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2010-2011-2/holding/index.html |title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2010–2011 |publisher=Egyptair |access-date=20 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030040753/http://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2010-2011-2/holding/index.html |archive-date=30 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="AACO 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.aaco.org/EgyptAir |title=Egyptair profile |publisher=Arab Air Carriers Organization |access-date=22 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515005409/http://aaco.org/EgyptAir |archive-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> |<ref name="Reports 2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2011-2012/holding/index.html |title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2011–2012 |publisher=Egyptair |access-date=3 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222035200/http://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2011-2012/holding/index.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Airlines 2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2011-2012/airlines/index.html|title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2011–2012 Egyptair Airlines|publisher=Egyptair |access-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110155807/http://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2011-2012/airlines/index.html|archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> |<ref name="Holding 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2012-2013/holdingcompany13/index.html|title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2012–2013 |publisher=Egyptair |access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Airlines 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2012-2013/airlines13/index.html|title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2012–2013 Egyptair Airlines|publisher=Egyptair |access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref> |align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2013-2014/airlines/index.html|title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2013–2014 Egyptair Airlines|publisher=Egyptair |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> |align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.egyptair.com/NewPages/Reports/2014-2015/airlines/index.html|title=Egyptair Annual Reports 2014–2015 Egyptair Airlines|publisher=Egyptair |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> |align=center|<ref name="Annual report 2015–2016" /> |align=center|<ref name="Annual report 2016–2017" /> |} Trends for Egyptair Express and EgyptAir Cargo are shown on the relevant articles. Figures for the year ending 30 June 2011, and the lack of detailed accounts since then, reflect the disruption that occurred because of the Egyptian Revolution in early 2011.

===Head office=== EgyptAir is headquartered in the EgyptAir Administrative Complex on the grounds of Cairo International Airport in Cairo.<ref>"[http://www.egyptair.jp/Egyptair%20Plus%20Hand%20Book.doc Egyptair Plus Hand Book]." Egyptair. 6 of 10. Retrieved on 2 May 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030063244/http://www.egyptair.jp/Egyptair%20Plus%20Hand%20Book.doc |date=30 October 2013}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.aaco.org/airlines_egypt.asp Egyptair] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201073738/http://www.aaco.org/airlines_egypt.asp |date=1 February 2011}}." Arab Air Carriers Organization. Retrieved on 29 September 2009.</ref>

===Logo=== The airline's logo is Horus, the sky deity in ancient Egyptian mythology, chosen because of its ancient symbolism as a "winged god of the sun", and usually depicted as either a falcon or a man with the head of a falcon.

The Horus made its first appearance in the early 1970s. It was originally painted with a red head and blue feathers in front of a golden backdrop.<ref name="airlinegeeks.com">{{Cite web |author=Ian McMurtry |date=30 May 2019 |title=Logo Lineage Part 6: North African Flare |url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2019/05/30/logo-lineage-part-6-north-african-flare/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=AirlineGeeks |language=en}}</ref> It was painted around the plane including the engine cases. This was due to EgyptAir wanting to keep a warm coloured livery in the early days of the airline.<ref name="airlinegeeks.com"/>

==Destinations== {{Main|List of Egyptair destinations}} As of August 2022, Egyptair serves 81 destinations across 56 countries.<ref name="flightconnections.com"/>

===Alliances=== [[File:Boeing_737-866,_EgyptAir_JP7280355.jpg|thumb|An Egyptair Boeing 737-800 in Star Alliance special livery]]

In October 2007, the Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance voted to accept Egyptair as a future member, the first airline from an Arab country and the second African one – after South African Airways – to join the airline alliance.<ref name="Government scraps Egyptair privatisation" /><ref name="Star Alliance entry to fuel Egyptair expansion" /> In a ceremony held at Cairo International Airport on 11 July 2008, the carrier became the {{ordinal|21}} member of this alliance, nine months after it started the joining process.<ref name="Egyptair formally joins Star Alliance" /><ref name="Egyptair becomes 21st member of Star Alliance" />

In October 2020, Egyptair reached an agreement with the government of Ghana to create a Ghanaian national aviation company with investment from both governments.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saied|first=Mohamed|date=28 October 2020|title=Ghana signs joint airline deal with Egypt, bypassing Ethiopia|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/10/egypt-ghana-ethiopia-deal-airline-gerd-dispute.html|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Al-Monitor|language=en}}</ref>

===Codeshare agreements=== Egyptair has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.egyptair.com/en/about-egyptair/Pages/code-share-partners.aspx |title=Egyptair Code Share Partners |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="CAPA Egyptair profile">{{cite web|url=http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/airlines/egyptair-ms |title=Profile on Egyptair |website=CAPA|publisher=Centre for Aviation|access-date=2016-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031160716/http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/airlines/egyptair-ms |archive-date=2016-10-31|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Aegean Airlines * Air Cairo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arabianaerospace.aero/egyptair-and-air-cairo-sign-codeshare-agreement.html|title=Egyptair and Air Cairo sign codeshare agreement|website=arabianaerospace.aero|date=1 September 2020}}</ref> * Air Canada * Air China * Air India * Asiana Airlines * Austrian Airlines * Avianca * Brussels Airlines * Ethiopian Airlines * Etihad Airways<ref>{{cite news|title= Etihad Airways, Egyptair to expand codeshare|first= Kurt|last= Hofmann|publisher= Air Transport World|date= 17 April 2018|url= http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/etihad-airways-egyptair-expand-codeshare|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180418083229/http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/etihad-airways-egyptair-expand-codeshare|archive-date= 18 April 2018}}</ref> * Gulf Air * Kenya Airways<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Oliver|title=Egyptair and Kenya Airways begin cross-alliance codeshare|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/egyptair-and-kenya-airways-begin-cross-alliance-code-437830/|publisher=Flightglobal|date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616160502/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/egyptair-and-kenya-airways-begin-cross-alliance-code-437830/|archive-date=16 June 2017|location=London}}</ref> * LOT Polish Airlines<ref>{{cite news|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|title=EGYPTAIR / LOT Polish Airlines begins codeshare partnership from Nov 2017|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275862/egyptair-lot-polish-airlines-begins-codeshare-partnership-from-nov-2017/|access-date=22 November 2017|work=Routesonline|date=22 November 2017}}</ref> * Lufthansa * Royal Air Maroc * Scandinavian Airlines * Shenzhen Airlines * Singapore Airlines * South African Airways * Swiss International Air Lines * TAP Air Portugal<ref name="TAP Portugal, Egyptair expand codeshare">{{cite news|last1=Hofmann|first1=Kurt|title=TAP Portugal, Egyptair expand codeshare|url=http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/tap-portugal-egyptair-expand-codeshare|publisher=Air Transport World|date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407143541/http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/tap-portugal-egyptair-expand-codeshare|archive-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> * Thai Airways International * Turkish Airlines * United Airlines {{div col end}}

=== Interline agreements === {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Flynas<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flynas.com/en/media-center/news-updates/new-agreement-with-egyptair | title=Flynas signs agreement with EGYPTAIR to add new destinations in Europe and Africa | date=2018 }}</ref> * Hahn Air<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hahnair.com/en/partner-carriers | title=Partner Carriers &#124; Hahnair }}</ref> {{div col end}} Additionally it has a partnership with CEIBA Intercontinental for technical support, training, and route expansion.<ref>https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/163690-egypt-and-equatorial-guinea-explore-aviation-partnership#:~:text=According%20to%20ADS%2DB%20data,125</ref>

=== Suspension and resumption of service to Qatar === Due to the 2017 Qatar Diplomatic crisis, Egyptair (among other carriers from Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) suspended its flights to Doha's Hamad International Airport in Qatar as per the instructions from the Egyptian Government.<ref>{{cite web|title=SUSPENSION OF FLIGHTS BETWEEN CAIRO AND DOHA WITH EFFECT FROM 6 JUNE 2017|url=http://www.egyptair.com/en/about-egyptair/news-and-press/Pages/Suspension%20of%20flights%20between%20Cairo%20and%20Doha%20with%20effect%20from%206%20June%202017.aspx|website=Egyptair|access-date=16 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Noureldin|first1=Ola|title=Egyptair flights to Doha hampered following diplomatic ties cut with Qatar – Egypt Independent|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/egyptair-flights-doha-hampered-following-cut-diplomatic-ties-qatar/|access-date=16 June 2017|work=Egypt Independent|date=5 June 2017}}</ref>

In 2021, after Egypt signed the Al-'Ula declaration with Qatar (along with the rest of GCC members) Egyptair resumed flights to Doha ending its three-and-half-year boycott of Qatar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2021 |title=Qatar Airways, EgyptAir resume flights to Cairo, Doha after end of boycott |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/399131/Egypt/Politics-/Qatar-Airways,-EgyptAir-resume-flights-to-Cairo,-D.aspx |website=Ahram Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2021 |title=EgyptAir makes 1st flight to Doha following restoration of ties |url=https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2021/01/18/egyptair-makes-1st-flight-to-doha-following-restoration-of-ties/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Dailynewsegypt}}</ref>

==Fleet== {{for|the fleet of the cargo subsidiary|Egyptair Cargo#Fleet}}

===Current fleet=== {{As of|2026|5}}, Egyptair operates the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite web |title=Egyptair fleet |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airlines/ms-msr/fleet |website= Flightradar24 AB}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" |+ Egyptair fleet |- ! rowspan="2" | Aircraft ! rowspan="2" | In service ! rowspan="2" | Orders ! colspan="3" | Passengers<ref name="MS-layout">{{cite web |title=Fleet |url=https://www.egyptair.com/en/about-egyptair/fleet/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=25 January 2020 |website=EGYPTAIR}}</ref> ! rowspan="2" | Notes |- ! <abbr title="Business Class">C</abbr> ! <abbr title="Economy Class">Y</abbr> ! Total |- |{{nowrap|Airbus A320neo}} |8 |&mdash; |16 |126 |142 | |- |{{nowrap|Airbus A321neo}} |7 |&mdash; |16 |166 |182 | |- |{{nowrap|Airbus A330-200}} |3 |&mdash; |24 |244 |268 |2 to be converted to freighters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 November 2023 |title=EgyptAir to grow widebody freighter fleet |url=https://cargofacts.com/allposts/carriers/egyptair-to-grow-widebody-freighter-fleet/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Cargo Facts}}</ref> |- |{{nowrap|Airbus A330-300}} |4 |&mdash; |36 |265 |301 | |- |{{nowrap|Airbus A350-900}} |3 |13<ref>{{Cite press release|date=2023-11-13 |title=EGYPTAIR announces order for 10 A350-900s to meet growing demand for air travel {{!}} Airbus |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-11-egyptair-announces-order-for-10-a350-900s-to-meet-growing-demand |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.airbus.com |language=en}}</ref> |30 |310 |340 | |- |rowspan="2"|{{nowrap|Boeing 737-800}} |rowspan="2"|30 |rowspan="2"|&mdash; |24 |120 |144 |rowspan="2"| |- |16 |138 |154 |- |{{nowrap|Boeing 737 MAX 8}} |3 |15<ref>{{Cite press release|date=13 November 2023|title=Air Lease Corporation Announces Lease Placement of 18 New Boeing 737-8 Aircraft with EGYPTAIR|url=https://airleasecorp.com/press/air-lease-corporation-announces-lease-placement-of-18-new-boeing-737-8-aircraft-with-egyptair|website=airleasecorp.com}}</ref> |colspan="3"|<abbr title="To Be Announced">TBA</abbr> |<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 November 2023|title=Air Lease Corporation Announces Lease Placement of 18 New Boeing 737-8 Aircraft with EGYPTAIR|url=https://airleasecorp.com/press/air-lease-corporation-announces-lease-placement-of-18-new-boeing-737-8-aircraft-with-egyptair|website=airleasecorp.com}}</ref> |- |{{nowrap|Boeing 777-300ER}} |5 |&mdash; |49 |297 |346 | |- |{{nowrap|Boeing 787-9}} |8 |&mdash; |30 |279 |309 | |- !Total !71 !28 !colspan="5"| |}

===Gallery=== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Airbus A320-251N (cn 9473, SU-GFJ) 2024-08-15 Andre Gerwing Collection ID 021636.jpg|Airbus A320neo File:Airbus A321-251NX (cn 11581, SU-GFW) 2024-07-24 Andre Gerwing Collection ID 020869.jpg|Airbus A321neo File:EgyptAir, Airbus A330-243, SU-GCG (14232022237).jpg|Airbus A330-200 File:SU-GDS (8230916018).jpg|Airbus A330-300 File:EgyptAir Boeing 737-800 SU-GEB MAN 2013-12-29.png|Boeing 737-800 File:EgyptAir Boeing 777-300ER SU-GDO BKK 2012-6-14.png|Boeing 777-300ER File:SU-GET@PEK (20190821150927).jpg|Boeing 787-9 </gallery>

===Fleet development=== In June 1995, Egyptair ordered three Airbus A340s,<ref name="Egyptair Buys A340" /> scheduled for delivery in December 1996.<ref name="Aircraft news" /> The first, 260-seater aircraft entered the fleet in late 1996, and operated along a -300 version that was on lease from Gulf Air.<ref name="Egyptair introduces the A340-200" /> Also in 1995, the carrier purchased three 308-seater Boeing 777-200s for {{US$|400|link=yes}}&nbsp;million.<ref name="Orders grow for 777s but 1995 deliveries show decline" /> These GE-90 powered aircraft, along with the A340-200s, were ordered for replacement of the Airbus A300B4 and Boeing 767-200 fleet.<ref name="Egyptair introduces the A340-200" />

Aimed to replace the Airbus A300-600R fleet, the airline placed an order for seven Airbus A330-200 aircraft in early 2003,<ref name="Marketplace" /> slated for delivery in June 2004,<ref name="Egyptair chooses Trent 700 for new A330 order" /> and cancelled two Airbus A340-600s it had previously ordered.<ref name="Egyptair poised for A330-200" /> In June 2003, Egyptair signed a deal worth {{US$|150}}&nbsp;million with Rolls-Royce for the provision of Trent 700 engines to power these seven A330s.<ref name="Egyptair chooses Trent 700 for new A330 order" /><ref name="Rolls-Royce wins Egyptair order" /> The {{ordinal to word|1}} Airbus A330-300 was incorporated into the fleet in August 2010.<ref name="Egyptair in talks to defer A330-300 deliveries" />

Egyptair's commercial relationship with Boeing started in 1968 when a Boeing 707 was delivered.<ref name="Boeing Delivers 50th Airplane to EGYPTAIR" /> Six Boeing 737-800s were acquired in August 2005, with handovers starting in September the following year and a delivery span of three years.<ref name="Egyptair orders six 737-800s, options six more" /> On lease from GECAS, Egyptair took delivery of its first 346-seater Boeing 777-300ER in March 2010.<ref name="Boeing Delivers EGYPTAIR's First 777-300ER for Long-Haul Fleet Upgrade" />

In June 2011, the airframer delivered the airline's {{ordinal|50}} Boeing aircraft, a 737-800.<ref name="Boeing Delivers 50th Airplane to EGYPTAIR" /> In July 2016, Egyptair was identified as the carrier that ordered nine more aircraft of the type, in a deal worth {{US$|864}}&nbsp;million.<ref name="Egyptair is customer for nine Boeing 737-800s" /> In October 2016 the airline placed a firm order for eight Boeing 737-800s with deliveries starting in February 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/egyptair-confirms-boeing-737-800-order/|title=Egyptair Confirms Boeing 737–800 Order – Airways Magazine|date=21 October 2016|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728131718/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/egyptair-confirms-boeing-737-800-order/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In October and November 2017, it was announced that the airline intended to place an order for 6 Boeing 787-9s and 15 Airbus A320neos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/business/report-egypt-air-to-buy-six-boeing-dreamliners/article_6fd48dc2-a785-11e7-b160-8f8edeb5cbc8.html|title=Report: Egypt Air to buy six Boeing Dreamliners|first=David|last=Wren|date=2 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aercap.com/media/news/aercap-and-egyptair-reach-agreement-on-the-lease-of-15-airbus-a320neo-aircraft/ |title=AerCap |publisher=AerCap |access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>

During the 2019 Dubai Airshow, the initial order of 15 Airbus A320neos was changed to seven A321neos and eight A320neos instead. Also, at the same time, two additional Boeing 787-9 were ordered after the sixth and last Boeing 787-9 had been delivered in August of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aercap.com/media/news/aercap-and-egyptair-reach-agreement-on-the-conversion-of-7-previously-executed-leases-for-airbus-neo-aircraft/ |title=Media |publisher=AerCap |date=18 November 2019 |access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aercap.com/media/news/aercap-and-egyptair-reach-agreement-on-the-leasing-of-2-additional-boeing-787-9-aircraft/ |title=Media |publisher=AerCap |date=18 November 2019 |access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> The airline took delivery of its first, 340-seater Airbus A350-900 in February 2026.<ref name="EGYPTAIR takes delivery of its first of 16 Airbus A350-900 aircraft" />

===Historical fleet=== [[File:SU-GAO B767-366ER Egypt Air FRA 29AUG99 (6763083211).jpg|thumb|An Egyptair Boeing 767-300ER taxiing at Frankfurt Airport in 1999]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" |+ Egyptair mainline historical fleet{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} |- style="background:#082567; color:white;" !<span style="color:black">Aircraft</span> !<span style="color:black">Introduced</span> !<span style="color:black">Retired</span> !<span style="color:black">Notes </span> |- |Airbus A220-300 | style="text-align:center" |2019 | style="text-align:center" |2024<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aviationbusinessme.com/airlines/egyptair-sells-12-airbus-a220s|title=EgyptAir to sell 12 Airbus A220 aircraft to Azzora |publisher=Aviation Business Middle East |date=3 April 2024}}</ref> | |- |Airbus A300B4 | style="text-align:center" |1977 | style="text-align:center" |1998 | |- |Airbus A300-600<ref name="Egyptair moves to simplify fleet" /> | style="text-align:center" |1988 | style="text-align:center" |2009 | |- |Airbus A321-200<ref name="Annual report 2016–2017" />{{rp|31}} | style="text-align:center" |1997 | style="text-align:center" |2018 | |- |Airbus A340-200<ref name="Egyptair plans further restructuring as losses mount. But outlook may brighten as Egypt stabilises" /> | style="text-align:center" |1996 | style="text-align:center" |2015 | |- |Airbus A340-300 | style="text-align:center" |1995 | style="text-align:center" |1997 | |- |ATR 42-500 | style="text-align:center" |2003 | style="text-align:center" |2003 | |- |Boeing 737-500<ref name="Egyptair plans further restructuring as losses mount. But outlook may brighten as Egypt stabilises" /> | style="text-align:center" |1997 | style="text-align:center" |2015 | |- |Boeing 747-100 | style="text-align:center" |1983 | style="text-align:center" |1984 | |- |Boeing 747-200 | style="text-align:center" |1984 | style="text-align:center" |1989 | |- |Boeing 747-300<ref name="Egyptair moves to simplify fleet" /> | style="text-align:center" |1988 | style="text-align:center" |2005 | |- |Boeing 767-200ER | style="text-align:center" |1984 | style="text-align:center" |1997 | |- |Boeing 767-300ER | style="text-align:center" |1989 | style="text-align:center" |2001 | |- |Boeing 777-200ER | style="text-align:center" |1997 | style="text-align:center" |2018<ref name="EgyptAir to retire 25 aircraft in 2018">{{cite news |title=EgyptAir to retire 25 aircraft in 2018 |publisher=Times Aerospace |date=8 July 2017}}</ref> | |- |Douglas DC-8-20 | style="text-align:center" |1978 | style="text-align:center" |1979 | |- |Douglas DC-8-30 | style="text-align:center" |1978 | style="text-align:center" |1979 | |- |Douglas DC-8-62 | style="text-align:center" |1985 | style="text-align:center" |1989 | |- |Ilyushin Il-62 |align=center|{{dts|1971}}{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=57}} |{{Unknown}} | |- |Lockheed L-1011 TriStar | style="text-align:center" |1989 | style="text-align:center" |1990 | |- |McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 | style="text-align:center" |1971 | style="text-align:center" |1973 | |- |Tupolev Tu-154 |align=center|{{dts|1973}}<ref name="FI1973-978" /> |align=center|{{dts|1974}}{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=48}} | |}

==Incidents and accidents== * On 22 December 1951, SNCASE Languedoc SU-AHH of Misrair crashed west of Tehran, Iran killing all 20 people on board. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Baghdad, Iraq to Tehran.<ref name="ASN221251">{{cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=SU-AHH Accident description|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19211222-0|access-date=27 February 2014|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref><ref name=ILN050152>{{cite journal |title=WORLD EVENTS IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AMERICA: A MISCELLANY OF NEWS |journal=Illustrated London News |issue=5881 |page=25 |date=5 January 1952}}</ref> * On 30 July 1952, SNCASE Languedoc SU-AHX of Misrair was damaged beyond economic repair in a wheels-up landing at Almaza Air Base, Cairo. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Almaza to Khartoum Airport, Sudan; it returned to Cairo following a fire in No. 1 engine.<ref name=ASN300752>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520730-0 |title=SU-AHX Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305020512/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520730-0 |archive-date=5 March 2014}}</ref> * On 15 December 1953, Misrair Vickers Viking SU-AFK crashed shortly after take-off from Cairo Almaza Airport, killing all six on-board (five crew, one passenger).<ref>{{cite web |title=Crash of Vickers 634 Viking 1B in Cairo; 15 Dec 1953 |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/index.php/crash/crash-vickers-634-viking-1b-cairo-6-killed |website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> * On 1 November 1956, Misrair Vickers Viscount SU-AIC was written off while parked at Almaza Airport due to an air-raid by the RAF during the Suez crisis<ref name="Flight1957-203"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Unlawful interference, Vickers 739 Viscount SU-AIC, 1 October 1956 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/334619 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref>{{efn|name="ASNdate"}} * On 29 September 1960, United Arab Airlines Flight 738, a Vickers Viscount SU-AKW crashed into the Mediterranean off Elba, Italy, killing all 21 on board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Accident Vickers 739B Viscount SU-AKW, 29 September 1960 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/333709 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> * On 19 July 1962, United Arab Airlines Flight 869, a de Havilland Comet, SU-AMW, crashed (CFIT) into Khao Yai mountain, Thailand, killing all 18 passengers and 8 crew.<ref>{{cite web |title=Accident de Havilland Comet SU-AMW, 19 July 1962 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/333281 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> * On 28 July 1963, United Arab Airlines Flight 869, a de Havilland Comet, SU-ALD, crashed into the sea on approach to Bombay Airport, India, all 63 passengers and crew on board were killed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Accident - de Havilland Comet SU-ALD, 28 July 1963 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/333061 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> * On 18 March 1966, United Arab Airlines Flight 749, an Antonov An-24, crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} * On 20 March 1969, a United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 ''SU-APC'' crashed while attempting to land at Aswan Airport. 100 of the 105 passengers and crew on board were killed in the disaster.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D SU-APC Aswan Airport (ASW)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690320-0|access-date=2020-07-11|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> * On 19 March 1972, EgyptAir Flight 763 operated by Douglas DC-9-32 ''YU-AHR'' (leased from Inex Adria) crashed into a mountain on approach to Aden International Airport in Yemen killing all 30 passengers and crew on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YU-AHR Aden International Airport (ADE)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720319-3|access-date=2020-07-17|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> * On 29 January 1973, EgyptAir Flight 741 operated by Ilyushin Il-18 ''SU-AOV'' crashed on approach to Nicosia International Airport, killing all 37 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D SU-AOV Nicosia Airport (NIC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730129-0|access-date=2020-07-17|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> * On 10 July 1974, SU-AXB a Tupolev Tu-154 on a training flight crashed near Cairo Airport, killing four Soviet instructors and two Egyptair pilots.<ref>"Second Soviet plane crashes in Egypt." Times [London, England] 20 July 1974: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 7 March 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154 SU-AXB Cairo|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740710-1|access-date=2020-07-12|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> * On 25 December 1976, EgyptAir Flight 864 operated by Boeing 707 ''SU-AXA'' crashed into an industrial complex in Bangkok, Thailand. All 52 persons on board plus 19 people on the ground were killed.<ref name="airdisaster">{{cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=Egyptair 864|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19761225-0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030054729/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19761225-0|archive-date=30 October 2013|access-date=1 November 2009|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> * On 17 October 1982, Egyptair Flight 771 operated by Boeing 707 ''SU-APE'' crashed on landing at Geneva Airport, Switzerland. There were no fatalities, however, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.<ref>"Bouncing jet loses wing but 184 escape." Times [London, England] 18 October 1982: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 7 March 2015.</ref> * On 10 October 1985, EgyptAir Flight 2843 operated by a Boeing 737 and carrying individuals responsible for the Achille Lauro hijacking<ref name=Bohn>{{cite book|title=The Achille Lauro Hijacking: Lessons in the Politics and Prejudice of Terrorism|author=Michael K. Bohn|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|location=Washington, D.C.|year=2004}}</ref> was intercepted by US war planes and forced to land in Sigonella, Italy while en route to Tunisia.<ref name=Leone>{{cite web|title=27 years ago today, the Achille Lauro incident: when the U.S. Navy forced an Egyptair Boeing 737 off course|date=10 October 2012|publisher=The Aviationist|url=https://theaviationist.com/2012/10/10/achille-lauro/|author=Dario Leone}}</ref> * On 23 November 1985, EgyptAir Flight 648 operated by a Boeing 737 was hijacked to Malta International Airport by three men from the Abu Nidal terrorist group. Omar Rezaq was among them. An Egyptian Sky Marshall on board shot and killed one of the hijackers before being gunned down himself. After several hours of negotiations, Egyptian troops stormed the aircraft and battled with the hijackers, who threw several hand grenades and shot and killed five 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 21 September 1987, SU-BCA, an Airbus A300 crashed at Luxor International Airport during a training flight, killing all five crew members on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-203 SU-BCA Luxor Airport (LXR)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870921-0|access-date=2020-07-11|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> It was the first fatal accident involving an Airbus A300.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} * On 31 October 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990, a Boeing 767 (SU-GAP) en route from Los Angeles to Cairo (with a stopover in New York City) crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket; all 217 passengers were killed. The relief first officer of the flight, Gameel Al-Batouti, was suspected by U.S. authorities of making flight control inputs that lead to the crash, though it could not be determined why he did so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAB0201.pdf|title=Aircraft Accident Brief Egyptair Flight 990 Boeing 767-366ER, SU-GAP 60 Miles South of Nantucket, Massachusetts October 31, 1999|date=March 2002|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|id=NTSB/AAB-02/01|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref> Egyptian officials have strongly disputed that claim.<ref name="airsafe990">{{cite web|date=7 September 2007 |url=http://www.airsafe.com/flt990.htm |title=Egyptair Flight 990 Accident Information |access-date=12 November 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720000106/http://www.airsafe.com/flt990.htm |archive-date=20 July 2012 }}</ref> * 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.<ref name="casaGR">{{cite web|url=http://casa.gov.au/fsa/2002/jul/9-11.pdf |title=Flight Safety Australia July/August 2002 – Globewatch |publisher=Civil Aviation Safety Authority |access-date=12 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226205756/http://casa.gov.au/fsa/2002/jul/9-11.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2009 }}</ref> * On 29 July 2011, EgyptAir Flight 667, a Boeing 777-200ER, sustained substantial damage in a cockpit fire at Cairo International Airport (CAI). The probable cause for the accident was identified as an electrical fault or circuit. All passengers and crew were able to escape. The plane (SU-GBP) was damaged beyond repair.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilaviation.gov.eg/accident/Reports/B777_SU-GBP_cockpit_fire_accident%20final%20Report%20responding%20to%20boeing%20comments%2019-09-2012a.pdf |title=Final Report Concerning Egyptair Boeing 777–200 aircraft cockpit fire |website=Civilaviation.gov.eg |access-date=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307164349/http://www.civilaviation.gov.eg/accident/Reports/B777_SU-GBP_cockpit_fire_accident%20final%20Report%20responding%20to%20boeing%20comments%2019-09-2012a.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 }}</ref> * On 29 March 2016, EgyptAir Flight 181, operated by Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCB) was hijacked while on a Flight from Borg El Arab Airport, Alexandria to Cairo International Airport. The aircraft, with 81 passengers on board, landed at Larnaca International Airport, Cyprus, where all hostages were released and the hijacker surrendered to authorities.<ref name=ASN290316>{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20160329-0 |title=SU-GCB description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref> *On 19 May 2016, EgyptAir Flight 804, an Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC) en route from Paris to Cairo crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 66 on board.<ref name="Egyptair Airbus A320 lost from radar over Mediterranean Sea" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/20/egyptian-military-says-debris-from-egyptair-flight-ms804-found-in-sea|title=Egyptair MS804 crash still a mystery after body part and seats found|last1=Harding|first1=Luke|last2=Smith|first2=Helena|date=21 May 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/middleeast/egyptair-flight-804-main/index.html|title=Egyptair Flight 804: Final moments questioned|author=Michael Pearson|website=CNN|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref> A 2022 investigation by France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) has found that the cause of the crash was a cockpit fire, started as a result of the pilot's cigarette smoke combining with the oxygen of a leaking mask.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 April 2022 |title=Cigarette smoke responsible for EgyptAir MS804 crash: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/28/cigarette-smoke-responsible-for-egyptair-ms804-crash-report/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref> On the other hand, a report published on 30 October 2024 by Egypt's Civil Aviation Authority concluded that the crash was the result of an explosion in the galley area behind the cockpit. The subsequent fire spread rapidly resulting in multiple systems failure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash: Egypt A320 over Mediterranean on May 19th 2016, fire on board, traces of explosives found |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=4987fb09&opt=0 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=avherald.com}}</ref> This theory was rejected by the BEA which concluded that the fire was the result of a fault in the oxygen mask.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxygen fire in cockpit study - Accident to the A320 registered SU_GCC on 19 May 2016 |url=https://bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/etudes/feucockpitEN/BEA2016-0293_OXYGEN-FIRE_study.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206115543/https://bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/etudes/feucockpitEN/BEA2016-0293_OXYGEN-FIRE_study.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety }}</ref>

==See also== * Transport in Egypt

==Notes== {{notelist}}

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It enters service between Cairo and London tomorrow, November 1. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1970-508">{{cite magazine|title=World airlines 1970 – United Arab Airlines (UAA) |magazine=Flight International |volume=97 |number=3185 |date=26 March 1970 |page=508 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%200558.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103055702/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%200558.html |archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1971-80">{{cite magazine|title=Air transport... |magazine=Flight International |volume=100 |number=3253 |date=15 July 1971 |page=80 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%201220.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731165112/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%201220.html |archive-date=31 July 2012 |quote=United Arab Airlines is now supplementing its Boeing 707 services to Europe with its new Ilyushin IL-62s, one of which is seen in the departure area at Heathrow Airport, London }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1971-677">{{cite magazine|title=Air Transport |magazine=Flight International |volume=100 |number=3268 |date=28 October 1971 |page=677 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%202249.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123223132/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%202249.html |archive-date=23 January 2013 |quote=Egyptair is the new name of United Arab Airlines, adopted on October 10. The change follows the adoption by Egypt of the official name Arab Republic of Egypt, in place of United Arab Republic. The airline's flight prefix code, MS (unchanged), dates from an earlier period when it was known as Misrair. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1972-404">{{cite magazine|title=Air transport – Egyptair buys Russian |magazine=Flight International |volume=101 |number=3289 |date=23 March 1972 |page=404 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%200630.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140120201214/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%200630.html |archive-date=20 January 2014 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1972-854">{{cite magazine|title=World news – Aircraft losses |magazine=Flight International |volume=102 |number=3327 |date=14 December 1971 |page=854 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%203311.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730044031/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%203311.html |archive-date=30 July 2012 |quote=Egyptair Boeing 707 SU-AOW crashed south-east of Cairo on December 5 during a training flight. The six crew members were killed. Reports that the aircraft had been shot down in error have been denied by Egyptian authorities. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1973-184">{{cite magazine|title=World news – Aircraft loss |magazine=Flight International |volume=103 |number=3335 |date=8 February 1973 |page=184 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%200314.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140120180631/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%200314.html |archive-date=20 January 2014 |quote=An Il-18 of Egyptair, SU-AOY, crashed into mountains on the north coast of Cyprus on January 29 while positioning for a visual approach to Nicosia. All 30 passengers and seven crew were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by fire. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1973-978">{{cite magazine|title=Air transport – Egyptair takes Tu-154s |magazine=Flight International |volume=104 |number=3379 |date=13 December 1973 |page=978 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%202971.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140120201209/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%202971.html |archive-date=20 January 2014 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1974-51">{{cite magazine|title=Public transport accidents |magazine=Flight International |volume=106 |number=3410 |date=18 July 1974 |page=51 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%201045.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123045252/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%201045.html |archive-date=23 January 2013 |quote=A Tu-154 of Egyptair, SU-AXO, crashed during a training flight on July 10 after take-off from Cairo International. The six crew members were killed. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1974-530">{{cite magazine|title=Air transport |magazine=Flight International |volume=106 |number=3423 |date=24 October 1974 |page=530 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%201674.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140130143129/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%201674.html |archive-date=30 January 2014 |quote=Sterling Airways has leased one of its three Boeing 727-200s to Egyptair, which is currently short of capacity following its decision to ground its seven Tu-154s. These are due to be returned to the Soviet Union and Egyptair is seeking replacement capacity on the second-hand market. It hopes to buy up to nine Boeing 720Bs. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1974-577">{{cite magazine|title=Commercial aircraft of the World – Tupolev Tu-154/154A |magazine=Flight International |volume=106 |number=3423 |date=24 October 1974 |page=577 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%201721.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140121132920/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%201721.html |archive-date=21 January 2014 |quote=A crash in Egypt earlier this year resulted in a request from Egyptair that its Tu-154s be returned to the Soviet Union and its money refunded. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1977-7">{{flatlist}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite magazine |title=Airbus Industrie sees light ahead |magazine=Flight International |volume=112 |number=3564 |date=2 July 1977 |page=7 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%202001.html|quote= Egyptair is now flying two A300B4s. The aircraft shown here is leased from Bavaria Germanair and the other from TEA.|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141231201634/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%202001.html |archive-date=31 December 2014 }}&nbsp;}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite magazine|title= Airbus Industrie sees light ahead |magazine=Flight International |volume=112 |number=3564 |date=2 July 1977 |page=8 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%202002.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231202616/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%202002.html |archive-date=31 December 2014 }}&nbsp;}} {{endflatlist}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1977-51">{{cite magazine|title=Airline accident |magazine=Flight International |volume=111 |number=3539 |date=8 January 1977 |page=51 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%200057.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140426012643/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%200057.html |archive-date=26 April 2014 |quote=An Egyptair 707 crashed onto a textile mill on December 25 while making an approach to Bangkok airport after a non-scheduled flight from Cairo. All 43 passengers and nine crew were killed and it is reported that among people in the mill there were 20 fatalities and 30 injuries. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1978-6">{{cite magazine|title= Airliner market|magazine= Flight International|volume= 113|number= 3590|date= 7 January 1978|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200006.html|quote= Egyptair has changed the lease on one of its two Airbus Industrie A300B4s to a lease/purchase agreement. The aircraft is currently owned by Bavaria Germanair.|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150101203848/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200006.html|archive-date= 1 January 2015|df= dmy-all}}&nbsp;</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1979-1543">{{cite magazine|title= Small world...|magazine= Flight International|date= 12 May 1979|volume= 115|number= 3660|page= 1543|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201613.html|quote= Egyptair has signed a contract for the purchase of three Airbus A300B4s and taken options on another four. The Egyptian flag carrier has chosen the 165-tonne B4-200, powered by General Electric CF6-50s, for use on domestic, regional and European routes. The three aircraft firmly ordered will be delivered between September 1980 and September 1981; the four options are for delivery in 1982 and 1983.|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141231195715/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201613.html|archive-date= 31 December 2014|df= dmy-all}}&nbsp;</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1980-118-310">{{cite journal|title= World airline directory–Egyptair|journal= Flight International|issn= 0015-3710|volume= 118|issue= 3716|page= 310|date= 26 July 1980|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%201929.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170920172530/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%201929.html|archive-date= 20 September 2017|url-status= live}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1980-971">{{cite magazine|title= Short hauls...|magazine= Flight International|issn= 0015-3710|volume= 118|number= 3722|date= 6 September 1980|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%202614.html|quote= European bank consortium, which includes Britain's Midland Bank and Germany's Dresdner Bank, is financing the $115&nbsp;million Egyptair purchase of three A300B4s, with the Egyptian Government guaranteeing the loan. The first two aircraft will be delivered this September and the third in September 1981. The carrier has four more on option.|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150101200816/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%202614.html|archive-date= 1 January 2015|df= dmy-all}}&nbsp;</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1981-120-1045">{{cite journal|title= Airliner market|journal= Flight International|issn= 0015-3710|volume= 120|issue= 3779|date= 10 October 1981|page= 1045|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%203129.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170920180825/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%203129.html|archive-date= 20 September 2017|url-status= live}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1982-121-106">{{cite journal|title= Airliner market|journal= Flight International|issn= 0015-3710|volume= 121|issue= 3793|date= 16 January 1982|page= 106|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200112.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170920184653/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200112.html|archive-date= 20 September 2017|url-status= live}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1933-1284">{{cite magazine|title=Air transport – Cairo-Assuan air service |magazine=Flight |volume=XXV |number=1304 |date=21 December 1933 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1933/1933%20-%201270.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131214163245/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1933/1933%20-%201270.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |quote=A bi-weekly air service connecting up Cairo, Luxor and Assuan has been started by the Misr Airwork Co., of Cairo. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1936-23">{{cite magazine|title=Commercial Aviation – A Misr Airwork Extension |magazine=Flight |volume=XXIX |number=1410 |date=2 January 1936 |page=23 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%200047.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131214174625/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%200047.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |quote=A new service has been opened by Misr Airwork between Alexandria, Port Said, Cairo, Minia and {{sic|Assuit}} for the benefit of the cotton fraternity and to enable passengers to redirect from Alexandria to Palestine. This is made possible by the connection at Port Said with the Cairo-Haifa service. The Upper Egypt service will not be immediately reopened since the international situation has played havoc with the tourist industry. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1936-314">{{cite magazine|title=Commercial Aviation – Misr Airwork's Year |magazine=Flight |volume=XXIX |number=1421 |date=19 March 1936 |page=314 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%200723.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131229144945/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%200723.html |archive-date=29 December 2013 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1939-429">{{cite magazine|title=Airline companies of the World – Misr Airwork S.A.E. |magazine=Flight |volume=XXXV |number=1583 |date=27 April 1939 |page=429 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939%20-%201264.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208180542/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939%20-%201264.html |archive-date=8 December 2012 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1951-633">{{cite magazine|title=Brevities |magazine=Flight |volume=LX |number=2234 |date=16 November 1951 |page=633 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%202302.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140114234134/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%202302.html |archive-date=14 January 2014 |quote=The Egyptian airline, Misrair, is reported to have purchased three Languedoc 161s. Two more machines of this type will be acquired next year. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1954-414">{{cite magazine|title=Civil aviation – Viscounts for Egypt |magazine=Flight |volume=65 |number=2358 |date=2 April 1954 |page=414 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%200906.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140114234012/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%200906.html |archive-date=14 January 2014 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1955-307">{{cite magazine|title= World airline directory – Misrair S.A.E.|magazine= Flight|volume= 67|number= 2407|date= 11 March 1955|page= 307|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1955/1955%20-%200307.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103124332/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1955/1955%20-%200307.html|archive-date= 3 November 2013|df= dmy-all}}&nbsp;</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1956-475">{{cite magazine|title=World airline directory – Misrair S.A.E.{{--}}Egyptian Airlines |magazine=Flight |volume=69 |number=2465 |date=20 April 1956 |page=475 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200475.html |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6NZyAppFP?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200475.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1957-203">{{cite magazine|title=More Viscounts for Egypt |magazine=Flight |volume=72 |number=2533 |date=9 August 1957 |page=203 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201113.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140115014023/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201113.html |archive-date=15 January 2014 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1960-504/5">{{plainlist| * {{allow wrap|{{cite magazine|title= Airlines of the World{{--}}Misrair SAE{{spaced ndash}}United Arab Airlines&nbsp;(page&nbsp;504)|magazine=Flight|volume= 77|number= 2665|date= 8 April 1960|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200504.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6LhJ2o3HG?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200504.html|archive-date= 7 December 2013 }} }} * {{allow wrap|{{cite magazine|title= Airlines of the World{{--}}Misrair SAE{{spaced ndash}}United Arab Airlines&nbsp;(page&nbsp;505)|magazine= Flight|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200505.html |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DZQWDBV2?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200505.html|archive-date= 10 January 2013 }} }} }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1960-588/9">{{plainlist| * {{allow wrap|{{cite magazine|title= Misrair 1960 (page 588)|first= John|last= Stroud|magazine=Flight|volume= 78|number= 2691|date= 7 October 1960|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%202252.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6LhFJYffy?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%202252.html|archive-date= 7 December 2013}}}} * {{allow wrap|{{cite magazine|title= Misrair 1960 (page 589)|magazine= Flight|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%202255.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6LhFga1ul?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%202255.html|archive-date= 7 December 2013}}}} }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1960-850">{{cite magazine|title=Misrair gets its first Comet |magazine=Flight |volume=77 |number=2675 |date=17 June 1960 |page=850 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200842.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140115194407/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200842.html |archive-date=15 January 2014 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1960-855">{{cite magazine|title=Air commerce – Breaking-even on the Comets |magazine=Flight |volume=78 |number=2698 |date=25 November 1960 |page=855 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%202787.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131207221154/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%202787.html |archive-date=7 December 2013 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1961-27">{{cite magazine|title=Brevities |magazine=Flight |volume=80 |number=2730 |date=6 July 1961 |page=27 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1961/1961%20-%200927.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123095848/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1961/1961%20-%200927.html |archive-date=23 January 2013 |quote=A United Arab Airlines Viscount has reopened the Nicosia – Cairo service, suspended since the Suez crisis of 1956. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1961-100">{{cite magazine|title=Brevities |magazine=Flight |volume=79 |number=2706 |date=20 January 1961 |page=100 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1961/1961%20-%200100.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140117151833/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1961/1961%20-%200100.html |archive-date=17 January 2014 |quote=United Arab Airlines have placed a repeat order for two Comet 4Cs, for delivery this summer, as forecast in Flight for 25 November. }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Flight1961-512">{{cite magazine|title=World airline survey{{--}}United Arab Airlines{{spaced ndash}}UAA |magazine=Flight |volume=79 |number=2718 |date=13 April 1961 |page=512 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1961/1961%20-%200504.html |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DNbbJvhS?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1961/1961%20-%200504.html |archive-date=2 January 2013 }}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Government scraps Egyptair privatisation">{{cite news|title= Government scraps Egyptair privatisation|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/government-scraps-egyptair-privatisation-220046/|work= Flightglobal|date= 4 December 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131214204954/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/government-scraps-egyptair-privatisation-220046/|archive-date= 14 December 2013}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Marketplace">{{cite news|title= Marketplace|work= Flightglobal|date= 8 April 2003|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/marketplace-163907/|quote= Egyptair has ordered seven Airbus A330-200s to be delivered from June 2004 for operation on routes within the Middle East and to Europe, replacing A300-600Rs.|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140116184945/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/marketplace-163907/|archive-date= 16 January 2014}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Orders grow for 777s but 1995 deliveries show decline">{{cite news|date= 30 August 1995|title= Orders grow for 777s but 1995 deliveries show decline|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/orders-grow-for-777s-but-1995-deliveries-show-decline-21312/|work= Flightglobal|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140116124831/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/orders-grow-for-777s-but-1995-deliveries-show-decline-21312/|archive-date= 16 January 2014}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Rolls-Royce wins Egyptair order">{{cite news|title= Rolls-Royce wins Egyptair order|work= BBC News|date= 17 June 2003|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/2997972.stm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140202113759/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/2997972.stm|archive-date= 2 February 2014}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="Star Alliance entry to fuel Egyptair expansion">{{cite news|title= Star Alliance entry to fuel Egyptair expansion|first= Graham|last= Dunn|work= Flightglobal|date= 23 October 2007|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/star-alliance-entry-to-fuel-egyptair-expansion-218854/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131214192840/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/star-alliance-entry-to-fuel-egyptair-expansion-218854/|archive-date= 14 December 2013}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="US fines Egyptair for Sudanese leases">{{cite news|title= US fines Egyptair for Sudanese leases|first1= Alan|last1= Dron|publisher= Air Transport World|date= 11 January 2016|url= http://atwonline.com/leasing/us-fines-egyptair-sudanese-leases|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160124130210/http://atwonline.com/leasing/us-fines-egyptair-sudanese-leases|archive-date= 24 January 2016|df= dmy-all}}&nbsp;</ref> |30em}}

==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Guttery|first=Ben R.|title=Encyclopedia of African Airlines|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company |location=Jefferson, NC |isbn=978-0-7864-0495-7}} * {{cite book |last1=Mols |first1=Jozef |title=Egyptair: Weathering Storms |series=Airlines Series, Vol. 14 |date=2023 |publisher=Key Publishing |location=Stamford, Lincs, UK |isbn=9781802823851 |url=<!--{{GBurl| }}--> |language=en}} {{refend}}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|EgyptAir}} * {{official website}}

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