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EgyptAir

Egypt's national airline since 1932, Star Alliance member

About EgyptAir

EGYPTAIR is the national airline of Egypt and one of the world's pioneer carriers. Established in May 1932 as the seventh airline in the world, it began commercial operations with a Spartan Cruiser flying from Cairo to Alexandria. Since 1 July 2002, by Presidential Decree 137/2002, EGYPTAIR has been a holding company with seven subsidiaries covering airline operations and related services. It joined the Star Alliance network, the world's largest airline alliance, on 17 July 2008, and has code share agreements with selected airlines around the world.

History

Twelve De Havilland aircraft were added in the early years. During the Second World War the Egyptian government took over the airline and renamed it Misr Airlines, later MisrAir, which bought ten Beechcraft and then ten Vickers Vikings and the French Languedoc. A merger with Syrian Airlines created United Arab Airlines (UAA), which became the first Middle Eastern carrier to operate Comet 4C jets and then the Boeing 707-320C on longer international routes. After MisrAir and Syrian Airlines separated, the airline took the EGYPTAIR name.

Fleet

EGYPTAIR describes its fleet as 70 latest-generation long, medium and short haul aircraft. Fleet pages list wide-body configurations such as 301 seats (36 business and 265 economy), 346 seats (49 business and 297 economy) with 3-3-3 and 2-3-2 cabin layouts, and 309 seats (30 business and 279 economy), along with narrow-body layouts of 142, 144, 154 and 182 seats with 16 to 24 business class seats.

Services

The website offers flight booking, EGYPTAIR Plus ticket upgrades, business travel organisation, daily news and travel requirement updates, annual reports, a mobile app and an accessibility plan. EGYPTAIR also hosts the IATA Ground Handling Conference 2027 as host airline and takes part in air cargo events through its cargo business.

Shows

EGYPTAIR appears in the exhibitor and sponsor lists of Air Cargo Africa 2027, Air Cargo Europe 2027 and the IATA Ground Handling Conference 2027 (host airline).

Contact

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Location

Cairo, Egypt

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Shows where EgyptAir exhibits or has exhibited

All aviation events
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events
3
countries
1
as sponsor
  • air cargo Africa

    Exhibited in 2025. Next edition 2 to 4 February 2027 · Nairobi, Kenya

    Stand A11 (2025)2025 list; 2027 not published yet

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  • air cargo Europe

    Exhibited in 2025. Next edition 26 to 29 April 2027 · Munich, Germany

    Stand A1.503 (2025)2025 list; 2027 not published yet

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  • IATA Ground Handling Conference (IGHC)

    Exhibited in 2026. Next edition 4 to 6 May 2027 · Madrid, Spain

    Host Airline sponsor2026 list; 2027 not published yet

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From the organisers’ published exhibitor and sponsor lists.

Event types: Cargo and logistics (2), Commercial aviation (1). Browse the calendar

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