Cairo Airport Terminal 2 is Closed for renovation works

A new look for TB2

Cairo International Airport has closed one of its three terminals for renovation, Amirah Ibrahim reports.

The upgrade and renovation project is estimated to cost $400 million, partially financed by the World Bank, which is providing $280 million of the total cost, with national banks providing the rest.

According to Ibrahim Manna, head of the Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation, the project is due to be completed within 36 months and will expand the terminal's current capacity from 3.5 to 7.5 million passengers per annum. "This will take the total capacity of Cairo International airport to 24 million passengers per annum," Manaa explained.

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Egyptair cancels its flights bound the closed European airports

In a continuation of the European Aviation Centers' precautionary measures of closing the airspaces after the volcanic ashes erupted in Iceland, Egyptair has cancelled its flights bound the closed European airports today's morning. In addition, Egyptair has decided to use larger types of aircrafts to fly to the open airports in order to meet the increasing demand on these airports.

Captain Alaa Ashour, Chairman and CEO of Egyptair Airlines announced that:

"Egyptair is working hard to fly the customers to alternative European cities in which the airports are still operating normally. Further, the teams allover Egyptair network are contacting the customers flying on Egyptair's European flights through Cairo International Airport and brief them on the situation in order to minimize the congestion at Cairo airport."

Noteworthy that Egyptair Call Center is now operating around the clock to answer the customers' inquires. Moreover, Egyptair Integrated Operation Center is following up with the volcanic ashes movement step by step in coordination with the European Navigation Centers.

Customers flying on Egyptair flights to and from the European cities are kindly requested to revise their flights' status through visiting Egyptair website which is updated every five minutes.

EgyptAir suspends flights to Medina

DUBAI - EgyptAir has suspended flights to Medina as a row between the Egypt’s aviation authority and its Saudi counterpart over landing rights deepens, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Wednesday.

The move is response to the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation’s refusal to permit two EgyptAir flights to land at Medina Airport this week, the Arabic daily said.Saudi authorities said they will not permit EgyptAir to add any addition fights until the ECAA allows Saudi private sector airlines to land at Cairo International Airport, the newspaper reported.The ECAA does not allow any private sector or charter airlines to land at Cairo airport, according to the paper.Egypt and Saudi Arabia have an ‘Open Sky’ agreement under which airlines can increase the number of flights on routes between the two countries without prior permission, the paper added.

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