Airlines News
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Egypt needs more time to reach conclusions on plane crash
The memory chips of EgyptAir 804's black box voice recorder are intact and investigators should be able to access them.
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Sisi to head council for tourism revival
The council will consist of several ministers from different ministries and convenes twice a year to evaluate the sector's performance.
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Egypt concludes agreement with UK company on airport security protection
Experts of the UK company will train new security personnel for the country’s airports.
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Egypt must work harder to revive tourism after setbacks
66 people are believed to have died in EgyptAir crash and the reason is not yet clear,the crash is likely to affect Egypt's tourism and airline image
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EgyptAir Plane Hijacked in Blow to Struggling Egypt Tourism
A passenger falsely claiming he was armed with explosives hijacked an EgyptAir plane carrying 71 other people and forced it to land in Cyprus.
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Emirates offers Egypt travellers special economy fares
This value for money offer applies to select destinations when booked online between April 1 and 14 for travel from April 1 to July 5.
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Putin, Sisi discuss resumption of Russian flights to Egypt
Egypt is one of Russians' main tourist destinations, and the incident dealt a heavy blow to the country's already battered tourism sector.
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Egypt addresses airline concerns on profit repatriation
Last week, Air France-KLM told Reuters it had been unable to repatriate any earnings since October and was owed more than 100 million Egyptian pounds.
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Egypt Cuts Economic Growth Forecast as Tourism Reels After Crash
The revision to a range of 4 percent to 4.25 percent from a previous 5 percent underlines the challenges Egypt has faced trying to rally its economy.
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Egypt, Denmark to buy Russian Sukhoi airliners
Egypt’s flagship carrier EgyptAir may also order up to forty Russian-made Superjet SSJ-100s.
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Tourism volume dropped by 38 percent in November
Tourism contributes 11.3 percent of Egypt’s GDP and brings in 14.4 percent of revenues originating abroad each year.
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Business ISAQ Aviation UK to launch Egyptian branch to train pilots: ISAQ Chairman Rotating Banner ISAQ Aviation UK to
500 flight hours are provided per person to qualify them to work for international aviation companies.
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Russian plane crash affected demand for accommodation in Hurghada, Sharm El-Sheikh
Colliers International:Flights were cancelled after tragic plane crash Sharm El-Sheikh relies on domestic demand in short term but tourism to increase
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Egypt hires UK risk consultancy to help airport security
The company's objective is to make sure Egyptian airports comply with international aviation standards.
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Egypt is going to hire a foreign company to improve airport security
Egypt's civil aviation ministry said it had completed a preliminary report on the crash which had so far found no evidence of a criminal act.
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Egypt to buy eight Boeing passenger planes
The new planes will replace the Airbus A320-200, the minister noted.
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Egypt to open museum at Cairo airport amid tourism slump
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said the move will help boost transit tourism.
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Germany works with Egypt to ensure tourism security
Lufthansa had announced it would halt flights to Hurghada until further notice, a decision that impacted Eurowings' weekly flights departing from Koln
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Major losses for air transport in Egypt
Air transport agents expect major losses after banning transport of goods on passenger aircrafts.Over 157 air transport companies work in Egypt.
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In Sharm El-Sheikh salespeople are haunted by memories of tourists
Before the plane incident, we at least had money to buy our needs, now we don’t,” they say.