EgyptAir Benedict Gombocz

Background• Flag carrier airline of Egypt.

• Based at Cairo International Airport (its hub) and operates scheduled passenger and freight services to over seventy-five destinations in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

• With an extensive network of domestic services centered on Cairo, it is working to recover gainful operations after the 2011 revolution.

• Member of Star Alliance; joined on 11 July 2008.

• Its logo is Horus, the sky deity in ancient Egyptian mythology; this logo was chosen due to its ancient imagery as “winged god of the sun”, and is normally portrayed as a falcon or a man with a falcon head.

• Egyptair Plus is its frequent flyer program.

Hubs and focus cities • Hubs:

Cairo International Airport

• Focus cities: Borg El Arab Airport Hurghada International Airport Luxor International Airport Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport

Corporate Affairs: Ownership and structure • EgyptAir is a state-owned airline; the Government of Egypt owns 100% of it.

• The EgyptAir Holding Company was founded in 2002 with seven other corporations; two additional corporation were later added.

• There are three carriers which operate under the same AOC, but are run independently with their own profit and loss accounts:

EgyptAir Airlines, the main airline company

EgyptAir Cargo, a dedicated cargo airline (founded in 2002)

EgyptAir Express, the domestic and regional airline (started in June 2007)

• Other corporations within EgyptAir Holding Company are: EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering, initially an in-house operation, but now also conducts third party commerce; EASA Part 145 and FAA

Certified

EgyptAir Ground Services, offering services to more than 75% of the airlines flying to Egypt

EgyptAir In-flight Services

EgyptAir Tourism & Duty Free Shops

EgyptAir Medical Services

EgyptAir Supplementary Industries Company (founded in 2006)

Corporate affairs: Subsidiaries and associates • EgyptAir has stakes in these companies:

Air Cairo (60%)

Smart Aviation Company (13.33%)

Air Sinai (100%)

Egypt Aero Management Service (50%)

LSG Sky Chefs Catering Egypt (70%)

Civil Aviation Finance and Operating Leases – “CIAF-Leasing” (Ownership % TBD)

Head Office • EgyptAir has its headquarters at the EgyptAir Administrative Complex on the property of Cairo International

Airport.

Destinations • EgyptAir, as of June 2013, serves eighty-one destinations:

twelve in Egypt, nineteen in Africa, twenty in the Middle East, seven in Asia, twenty-one in Europe, and two in the Americas.

Alliances • The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance voted in favor of accepting

EgyptAir as a future member in October 2007; this made EgyptAir the first airline from an Arab country and the second African airline (after South African Airways) to join the airline alliance.

• EgyptAir became the twenty-first member of Star Alliance in a ceremony held at Cairo International Airport on 11 July 2008, nine months after it began the joining process.

Codeshare Agreements • Apart from subsidiaries and franchises, EgyptAir, as of December

2013, has codeshare agreements with these airlines and some fellow Star Alliance members (marked with *):

Aegean Airlines*

Air Canada*

Air China*

Air India

Austrian Airlines*

Brussels Airlines*

Ethiopian Airlines*

Gulf Air

Lufthansa*

Scandinavian Airlines*

Singapore Airlines*

South African Airways*

Swiss International Air Lines*

TAP Portugal*

Thai Airways International*

Tunis Air

Turkish Airlines*

United Airlines*

Yemenia

Recent Developments • In June 1995, EgyptAir became the thirty-seventh customer of the Airbus

A330/340 when it ordered three Airbus A340s, scheduled to be delivered in December 1996.

• In late 1996, the first 260-seat aircraft joined the fleet, operating along a -300 version that was on contract from Gulf Air.

• The airline also acquired three 308-seat Boeing 777-200s for US$400 million in 1995.

• These GE-90 powered aircraft, together with the A340-200s, were ordered to replace the Airbus A300B4 and Boeing 767-200 fleet.

• The carrier put in a purchase for seven Airbus A330-200 aircraft in June 2003 to replace the Airbus A300-600R fleet, set for delivery in June 2004, and terminated a purchase for two Airbus A340-600s.

• EgyptAir signed a US$150 million deal with Rolls-Royce in June 2003 for the provision of Trent 700 engines to test these seven A330s.

• EgyptAir’s commercial ties to Boeing began in 1968 when a Boeing 707 was delivered.

• In August 2005, six Boeing 737-800s were purchased; deliveries began in September 2006, and the delivery span was three years.

• On contract from GECAs, EgyptAir delivered its first 346-seat Boeing 777-300ER in March 2010.

• The airframer delivered the airline’s fiftieth Boeing aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, in June 2011.

Employee Affairs • In mid-2012, a group of flight attendants started requesting the right to wear hijabs as part of their work uniform.

• The airline granted their request; in November 2012, flight attendants began wearing hijabs.

EgyptAir 777-300ER model

EgyptAir A330-200 model in Star Alliance livery

The End • YouTube links:

Flight instructions EgyptAir (arab): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-bYJWJpTAc

Egyptair Virtual Commercial 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw6nyrvXw_s