Air Cairo

Air Cairo is a low-fare airline based in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The airline is part owned by EgyptAir. Air Cairo operates scheduled flights to the Middle East and Europe and also operates charter flights to Egypt from Europe on behalf of tour operators. Its main base is Cairo International Airport with the company head office in the Sheraton Heliopolis Zone.[3]

Air Cairo
IATA ICAO Callsign
SM MSC AIR CAIRO
Founded2003 (2003)
Operating bases
Fleet size8
Destinations29
Parent companyEgyptAir
National Bank of Egypt
Bank Misr
HeadquartersCairo, Egypt
Key peopleYasser Elramly (CEO)
Employees198[1]
Websitewww.flyaircairo.com

History

The airline was established in 2003. It is owned by EgyptAir (60%), the National Bank of Egypt (20%) and Bank Misr (20%).

Recently, the company is re-modeling towards the low fare model which is planned to be the strongest low fare airline in Egypt. On 1 June 2012 Air Cairo launched its first ever scheduled flight from Borg El Arab Airport Alexandria to Kuwait International Airport, Queen Alia International Airport, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Tripoli International Airport, Sabha Airport, Misrata Airport and King Khaled International Airport. Air Cairo also launched its scheduled flights from Hurghada International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. But those flights were suspended in the end of December 2015 due to poor loads.[4]

On 5 November 2018, it was reported that the German aviation authority had banned Air Cairo - along with FlyEgypt - from flying to Germany, where it operated on behalf of German tour operators, due to regulatory violations.[5] Shortly afterwards major European tour operators such has Thomas Cook Group and TUI Group announced they would end their contracts with Air Cairo and FlyEgypt.[6]

In March 2019, it was reported the airline would be leasing Embraer 170 aircraft for operations on the airline's domestic routes within Egypt.[7]

Destinations

As of February 2020, Air Cairo operates scheduled services - without leisure charters - to the following airports:[8]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
ArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International Airport[9]
Czech RepublicPragueVáclav Havel Airport PragueSeasonal[10]
EgyptAbu SimbelAbu Simbel Airport[11]
AlexandriaBorg El Arab AirportBase
AssiutAssiut Airport
AswanAswan International Airport[12]
CairoCairo International Airport
HurghadaHurghada International AirportBase
LuxorLuxor International Airport[12]
Marsa AlamMarsa Alam International Airport
Sharm El SheikhSharm El Sheikh International AirportBase
SohagSohag International Airport
GeorgiaTbilisiTbilisi International Airport
ItalyBariBari Karol Wojtyła Airport[13]
BergamoOrio al Serio International Airport[14]
BolognaBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportTerminated[12]
MilanMilan Malpensa Airport[15]
NaplesNaples International Airport[16]
RomeLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport[13]
VeniceVenice Marco Polo AirportTerminated[12]
JordanAmmanQueen Alia International Airport
AqabaKing Hussein International Airport[17]
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwait International Airport[10]
PolandKatowiceKatowice Airport
WarsawWarsaw Chopin Airport[10]
Saudi ArabiaJeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport
MedinaPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport
RiyadhKing Khalid International Airport
YanbuYanbu Airport[18]
SerbiaBelgradeBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
SlovakiaBratislavaBratislava AirportTerminated[10]

Fleet
An Air Cairo Airbus A320-200 in the previous livery

As of August 2019, the Air Cairo fleet consists of the following aircraft:[19]

Air Cairo fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 7 — 174
Embraer 170LR 1[20] — 76
Total 8 —

References
  1. "Airlines based in Egypt: Air Cairo". airlineupdate. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. "." Air Cairo. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
  3. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. pp. 53–54.
  4. "Er Kairo otkazao sve letove iz BG". b92.net.
  5. airliners.de - "Two Egypt carriers banned from landing in Germany" 5 December 2018
  6. ch-aviation.com - TUI Group, Thomas Cook drop use of FlyEgypt, Air Cairo 11 December 2018
  7. "Egypt's Air Cairo to add wet-leased Embraer capacity in 2Q19". ch-aviation.com. 18 March 2019.
  8. "Air Cairo". www.flyaircairo.com.
  9. "Air Cairo adds Armenia service from June 2017". routesonline.com.
  10. "Air Cairo S17 Europe service additions". routesonline.com.
  11. "Air Cairo files Abu Simbel – Aswan schedule from Oct 2019". routesonline.com. 26 July 2019.
  12. "Air Cairo W18 network additions". routesonline.com.
  13. "Air Cairo schedules new routes from March 2018". routesonline.com.
  14. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Air Cairo schedules new Italian routes in S19". routesonline.com.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. "Air Cairo adds Borg el Arab – Milan from late-April 2018". routesonline.com.
  16. "Air Cairo adds Sharm el Sheikh – Naples route in 1Q18". routesonline.com. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  17. Liu, Jim (30 September 2019). "Air Cairo adds Aqaba service from Oct 2019". routesonline.com.
  18. "Air Cairo plans Yanbu April 2017 launch". routesonline.com.
  19. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 13.
  20. "Egypt's Air Cairo to add wet-leased Embraer capacity in 2Q19". ch-aviation.com. 18 March 2019.

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