FlyEgypt

FlyEgypt
IATA ICAO Callsign
FT FEG Sky Egypt
Founded 2014
Commenced operations 12 February 2015
Operating bases
Fleet size 7
Destinations 34
Headquarters 1 Gad El Haq, Sheraton Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Key people Tarek Talaat Mostafa, Chairman
Employees 214
Website http://www.flyegypt.com/

FlyEgypt is an Egyptian hybrid airline based in Cairo.[1] FlyEgypt is the first budget airline in Egypt, with a dream of putting destinations within people’s reach at affordable fares, enabling people to discover the world. FlyEgypt will start its operations as a single class charter operator; it is an equity-funded organization, backed by some of the major shareholders of the Talaat Mostafa Group (TMG).

History

The airline was founded in 2014[2] and started operations as a charter operator on 12 February 2015 with a charter between Cairo and Jeddah. On 11 July 2015 it started a weekly seasonal service between Zürich and Marsa Alam.[1][3] It is an equity-funded organization, backed by some of the major shareholders of the Talaat Mostafa Group.[4][5]

Destinations

As of November 2017, FlyEgypt serves the following destinations:[6]

Austria
Egypt
France
Germany
Hungary
Jordan
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Switzerland

    Fleet

    As of January 2018 the FlyEgypt fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]

    FlyEgypt Fleet
    Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
    Boeing 737-800 5 189
    Total 5

    References

    1. 1 2 "FlyEgypt". Airliner World: 15. September 2015.
    2. "FlyEgypt". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
    3. "FlyEgypt arrives in Zurich". World Airline News. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
    4. "FlyEgypt". FlyEgypt. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
    5. "FlyEgypt to launch flights in early 2015". ch-aviation. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
    6. FlyEgypt web booking engine on airline's website home page accessed 20 November 2016
    7. "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 13. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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