Air Cairo
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Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
Destinations | 24 | ||||||
Parent company | Egyptair National Bank of Egypt Bank Misr | ||||||
Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||
Key people | Hussein Sherif (CEO) | ||||||
Employees | 198[1] | ||||||
Website | www |
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]
History[]
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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]
In March 2021, Air Cairo announced it was to make a major push into the German-speaking market, having signed a sales cooperation agreement with SunExpress to market and manage up to 30 flights per week to the Red Sea resort of Hurghada from 14 airports in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Under the agreement, SunExpress will take care of all flight planning, revenue management, and sales; with Air Cairo operating the flights. In the course of the partnership, SunExpress and Air Cairo planned to expand the venture to other airports outside of German-speaking countries, SunExpress said in a statement. Air Cairo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hussein Sherif, said the Benelux countries would be targeted next. The aim of the sales push was to boost tourism to Egypt to pre-COVID-19 levels.[8]
Destinations[]
As of September 2021, Air Cairo operates scheduled services - without leisure charters - to the following airports:[9]
Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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Armenia | Yerevan | Zvartnots International Airport | [10] | |
Austria | Vienna | Vienna International Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] |
Czech Republic | Prague | Václav Havel Airport Prague | [13] | |
Denmark | Billund | Billund Airport | Terminated | [14] |
Copenhagen | Copenhagen Airport | Terminated | [14] | |
Egypt | Abu Simbel | Abu Simbel Airport | Terminated | [15] |
Alexandria | Borg El Arab Airport | Base | ||
Assiut | Assiut Airport | |||
Aswan | Aswan International Airport | Terminated | [16] | |
Cairo | Cairo International Airport | |||
Hurghada | Hurghada International Airport | Base | ||
Luxor | Luxor International Airport | Terminated | [16] | |
Marsa Alam | Marsa Alam International Airport | Terminated | ||
Sharm El Sheikh | Sharm El Sheikh International Airport | Base | ||
Sohag | Sohag International Airport | |||
France | Lyon | Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport | Seasonal | [17] |
Nantes | Nantes Atlantique Airport | Seasonal | [11] | |
Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Seasonal | [17] | |
Georgia | Tbilisi | Tbilisi International Airport | Terminated | |
Germany | Berlin | Berlin Brandenburg Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] |
Bremen | Bremen Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] | |
Cologne/Bonn | Cologne Bonn Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] | |
Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf Airport | Seasonal | [18] | |
Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport | Seasonal | [18] | |
Hamburg | Hamburg Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] | |
Hannover | Hannover Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] | |
Leipzig/Halle | Leipzig/Halle Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] | |
Munich | Munich Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] | |
Nuremberg | Nuremberg Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] | |
Stuttgart | Stuttgart Airport | Seasonal | [11][12] | |
Hungary | Budapest | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport | Terminated | [19] |
Italy | Bari | Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport | Terminated | [20] |
Bergamo | Orio al Serio International Airport | Terminated | [21] | |
Bologna | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport | Terminated | [16] | |
Milan | Milan Malpensa Airport | [20] | ||
Naples | Naples International Airport | Terminated | [20] | |
Rome | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | Terminated | [20] | |
Venice | Venice Marco Polo Airport | Terminated | [16] | |
Jordan | Amman | Queen Alia International Airport | ||
Aqaba | King Hussein International Airport | Terminated | [22] | |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | Kuwait International Airport | [13] | |
Poland | Katowice | Katowice Airport | Terminated | |
Warsaw | Warsaw Chopin Airport | Terminated | [13] | |
Saudi Arabia | Gassim | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport | ||
Jeddah | King Abdulaziz International Airport | |||
Medina | Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport | Terminated | ||
Riyadh | King Khalid International Airport | |||
Yanbu | Yanbu Airport | Terminated | [23] | |
Serbia | Belgrade | Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | ||
Slovakia | Bratislava | Bratislava Airport | [13] | |
Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse | EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg | Seasonal | [11][12] |
Zürich | Zürich Airport | Seasonal | [18] | |
Qatar | Doha | Hamad International Airport | ||
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport | [24] |
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Air Cairo has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
- Egyptair[25]
In addition, Air Cairo has a sales cooperation agreement with SunExpress to market and manage up to 30 flights per week to the Red Sea resort of Hurghada from 14 airports in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.[12]
Fleet[]
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As of January 2021, the Air Cairo fleet consists of the following aircraft:[26]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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Airbus A320-200 | 6 | — | 174 | ||
Airbus A320neo | 4[27] | — | 186 | ||
Total | 10 | — |
References[]
- ^ "Airlines based in Egypt: Air Cairo". airlineupdate. Retrieved 12 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "[1]." Air Cairo. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. pp. 53–54.
- ^ "Er Kairo otkazao sve letove iz BG". b92.net.
- ^ airliners.de - "Two Egypt carriers banned from landing in Germany" 5 December 2018
- ^ ch-aviation.com - TUI Group, Thomas Cook drop use of FlyEgypt, Air Cairo 11 December 2018
- ^ "Egypt's Air Cairo to add wet-leased Embraer capacity in 2Q19". ch-aviation.com. 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Egypt's Air Cairo, SunExpress ink cooperation agreement". ch-aviation.com. 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Air Cairo". www.flyaircairo.com.
- ^ "Air Cairo adds Armenia service from June 2017". routesonline.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Flight plan". sunexpress.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Egypt's Air Cairo, SunExpress ink cooperation agreement". ch-aviation.com. 8 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Air Cairo S17 Europe service additions". routesonline.com.
- ^ a b "Air Cairo to resume three services from Sharm el-Sheikh to Italy from December 2020". aaco.org. 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Air Cairo files Abu Simbel – Aswan schedule from Oct 2019". routesonline.com. 26 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Air Cairo W18 network additions". routesonline.com.
- ^ a b "Travel to Egypt, a direct Lyon-Hurghada from October 25". tourhebdo.com. 28 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Air Cairo flies from Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Zurich to Hurghada". aerotelegraph.com. 16 December 2020.
- ^ Liu, Jim (5 October 2020). "Air Cairo resumes Hurghada – Budapest service from Nov 2020". routesonline.com.
- ^ a b c d "Air Cairo returns to flights from Italy to the Red Sea from 23 July". askanews.it. 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Air Cairo schedules new Italian routes in S19". routesonline.com. 2018.
- ^ Liu, Jim (30 September 2019). "Air Cairo adds Aqaba service from Oct 2019". routesonline.com.
- ^ "Air Cairo plans Yanbu April 2017 launch". routesonline.com.
- ^ "Air Cairo is operating a new route between Sharm El Sheikh and Tashkent in Uzbekistan". aaco.org. 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Egyptair and Air Cairo sign codeshare agreement". arabianaerospace.aero. 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 13.
- ^ "Air Cairo receives its first Airbus A320neo | Airbus".
External links[]
Media related to Air Cairo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in English)
- Airlines of Egypt
- Airlines established in 2003
- Arab Air Carriers Organization members
- Companies based in Cairo
- Low-cost carriers
- Egyptian companies established in 2003