Egyptair

Egyptair
مصر للطيران
IATA ICAO Call sign
MS MSR EGYPTAIR
Founded7 June 1932; 92 years ago (1932-06-07)
Commenced operationsJuly 1933; 91 years ago (1933-07)
HubsCairo International Airport
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programEgyptair Plus[1]
AllianceStar Alliance
Subsidiaries[2][3][4]
Fleet size66
Destinations102[5]
Parent companyEgyptair Holding Company (Government of Egypt)
HeadquartersEgyptair Administrative Complex
Cairo, Egypt
Key people
  • Eng. Yehia Zakaria (Chairman & CEO​ of Egyptair Holding Company)[6]
  • Capt. Mohamed Elyan (CEO​ of Egyptair Airlines)[7]
Employees9,000 (December 2014)[8]
Websiteegyptair.com

Egyptair (Egyptian Arabic: مصر للطيران, romanized: Maṣr le-ṭ-Ṭayarān) is the state-owned flag carrier[9] 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.[10] Egyptair is a member of Star Alliance.[11]

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  2. ^ "Egypt Air". Institute of Developing Economies. Japan External Trade Organization. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Egyptair Restructuring and merger with Egyptair Express and Egyptair Cargo". Al Mal news. 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Egyptair Express merged with Egyptair Airlines".
  5. ^ "EgyptAir on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Egyptair". Aviation Week. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. ^ "الطيار محمد عليان رئيساً لشركة مصر للطيران للخطوط الجوية". Al Ahram. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  8. ^ "EGYPTAIR – Star Alliance". staralliance.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Egyptair receives fourth Boeing 737-800 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Egyptair Flights and Destinations – FlightConnections". www.flightconnections.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Home". www.staralliance.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.