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 | 500 [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 base is Cairo International Airport, Sharm El Sheikh International Airport and Hurghada International Airport with the company head office in the Sheraton Heliopolis Zone.[3]
History[edit]
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.[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 that 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[edit]
As of September 2021, Air Cairo operates scheduled services - without leisure charters - to the following airports:[9]
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Air Cairo has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
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[edit]
As of January 2021, the Air Cairo fleet consists of the following aircraft:[25]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 6 | — | 174 | ||
| Airbus A320neo | 4[26] | — | 186 | ||
| Total | 10 | — | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ www.aircairo.com%5d/ "Air Cairo". Air Cairo.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Air Cairo adds Armenia service from June 2017". routesonline.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "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 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[edit]
Media related to Air Cairo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in English)
