FlyEgypt
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| Founded | 2014 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 12 February 2015 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 34 | ||||||
| Headquarters | 1 Gad El Haq, Sheraton Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt | ||||||
| Key people | Tarek Talaat Mostafa, Chairman | ||||||
| Employees | 214 | ||||||
| Website | http://www.flyegypt.com/ | ||||||
FlyEgypt is an Egyptian hybrid airline based in Cairo.[1] FlyEgypt is the first budget airline in Egypt, with a dream of putting destinations within people’s reach at affordable fares, enabling people to discover the world. FlyEgypt will start its operations as a single class charter operator; it is an equity-funded organization, backed by some of the major shareholders of the Talaat Mostafa Group (TMG).
History
The airline was founded in 2014[2] and started operations as a charter operator on 12 February 2015 with a charter between Cairo and Jeddah. On 11 July 2015 it started a weekly seasonal service between Zürich and Marsa Alam.[1][3] It is an equity-funded organization, backed by some of the major shareholders of the Talaat Mostafa Group.[4][5]
Destinations
As of November 2017, FlyEgypt serves the following destinations:[6]
- Austria
- Graz - Graz Airport Seasonal charter
- Linz - Linz Airport Seasonal charter
- Vienna - Vienna International Airport Seasonal charter
- Egypt
- Alexandria - Borg El Arab Airport Base
- Assiut - Assiut Airport
- Hurghada - Hurghada International Airport Charter Base
- Luxor - Luxor International Airport
- Sharm El Sheikh - Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Charter Base
- Sohag - Sohag International Airport
- France
- Paris - Charles De Gaulle Airport Seasonal charter
- Germany
- Berlin - Berlin Schönefeld Airport Seasonal charter
- Dresden - Dresden Airport Seasonal charter
- Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport Seasonal charter
- Erfurt/Weimar - Erfurt–Weimar Airport Seasonal charter
- Frankfurt - Frankfurt Airport Seasonal charter
- Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden - Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport Seasonal charter
- Leipzig/Halle - Leipzig/Halle Airport Seasonal charter
- Munich - Munich Airport Seasonal charter
- Münster/Osnabrück - Münster Osnabrück International Airport Seasonal charter
- Nuremberg - Nuremberg Airport Seasonal charter
- Rostock - Rostock–Laage Airport Seasonal charter
- Stuttgart - Stuttgart Airport Seasonal charter
- Weeze - Weeze Airport Seasonal charter
- Hungary
- Debrecen - Debrecen International Airport Seasonal charter
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Saudi Arabia
- Switzerland
- Basel - EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Seasonal charter
Fleet
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As of January 2018 the FlyEgypt fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-800 | 5 | — | 189 | |
| Total | 5 | — | ||
References
- ^ a b "FlyEgypt". Airliner World: 15. September 2015.
- ^ "FlyEgypt". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "FlyEgypt arrives in Zurich". World Airline News. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "FlyEgypt". FlyEgypt. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "FlyEgypt to launch flights in early 2015". ch-aviation. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ FlyEgypt web booking engine on airline's website home page accessed 20 November 2016
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 13.
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