Monday, November 15, 2010
EGYPTAIR aircraft changes to Dubai and London from Jan 2011
Cairo – Dubai 2 Daily service all operated by Airbus A330-300 (MS910/911 Day 1 from CAI, Day 2 from DXB -200), replacing previous plan of mixed A330-300 and 777-300ER
Cairo – London Heathrow MS777/778 Boeing 777-300ER operates Daily, replace A330-300
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
EGYPTAIR Operates 18 weekly flights to London Heathrow
EGYPTAIR currently operates 11 weekly flights after the addition of the two afternoon services starting December 4th. In addition to 7 weekly code-share flights onboard the Star Alliance Member, BMI. Now EGYPTAIR has 4 afternoon services on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Noteworthy that EGYPTAIR operates daily morning flight operated with the newest A330-300 which is equipped with the WI-FI internet and Mobile connectivity onboard. Also, this aircraft has Lay Flat Bed seats in Business and personal screens in all classes which enable the customers selecting from hundreds of entertainment options.
In this regard, Capt. Alaa Ashour, EGYPTAIR AIRLINES CHAIRMAN and CEO said "Our current strategy focuses on increasing the frequencies on the main routes. Our statistics show that the demand is increasing on this route which links the customers with other British cities such as, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburg, Aberdeen and Belfast, thus, the company decided to add more frequencies on this route."
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
EGYPTAIR boosts London Heathrow service
EGYPTAIR this month increases Cairo – London Heathrow service from 8 to 10 weekly. Schedule below:
MS777 CAI1030 – 1335LHR 77W D
MS779 CAI1330 – 1635LHR 330 67
MS779 CAI1800 – 2105LHR 330 5MS778 LHR1500 – 2145CAI 77W D
MS780 LHR1800 – 0100+1CAI 330 67
MS780 LHR2230 – 0515+1CAI 330 5MS777/778 from 01SEP10 operates with Airbus A330-300 (C36Y265).
Monday, May 24, 2010
EGYPTAIR W10 Operation Update: 777-300ER to New York
EGYPTAIR has further adjusted its planned 2010 Winter operation. Notable changes includes Boeing 777-300ER entering operation on New York market from January 2011.
As per 20MAY10 GDS timetable display, changes as follows:
Cairo – Abuja Operational day change. Eff 31OCT10 operates Day x136 instead of Day x367 (Abuja departs following day)
Cairo – London Heathrow MS777/778 continues to operate with NEW Airbus A330-300, which begins from 01SEP10
Cairo – New York JFK Boeing 777-300ER replace -200ER from 01JAN11
Cairo – Tokyo Narita Increase from 6 weekly to Daily from 01MAR11, 777-300ER operating
Thursday, May 20, 2010
EgyptAir schedule news
Today EgyptAir have updated their schedule and now show the first A330-300 will start flights on 01SEP10 on the CAI-LHR route (MS777/778). The configuration is actually 36C/265Y for a total of 301 seats (previously reported as 36C/260Y).
The airline is also requesting slots to increase CAI-LHR from 8 to 10x weekly flights this winter (likewise for CDG).
EgyptAir Confirm Tokyo Flight Increase
01MAY10-31AUG10: 3x weekly B77W flights.
01SEP10-29FEB11: 6x weekly B77W flights (a/c taken from LHR which become an A333 service).
01MAR11 onwards: 7x weekly (daily) B77W flights.
Source: Horus