EgyptAir takes delivery of 3th B777-300 for New York service

Posted on 18 October 2010 in Air Transport

EgyptAir received its Thirth new Boeing 777-300ER - and the 69th aircraft in its fleet - earlier today.

Captain Alaa Ashour, EgyptAir Chairman and CEO, accompanied by Abdel Aziz Fadel, the chairman of EgyptAir engineering and other top officials welcomed the new aircraft when it landed at Cairo International airport.

Captain Alaa Ashour expressed his happiness with the arrival of the new aircraft saying, “With the arrival of this aircraft we our customers will be able to enjoy the luxury, comfort and exclusivity on our daily non-stop service to New York JFK.”

Hussein Massoud, the Chairman and CEO of EgyptAir Holding Company stated that “Today is another milestone in the process of continuous modernization of our fleet which goes in harmony with the overall modernization strategy of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The target of this strategy is to provide optimum travel services to and from Egypt".

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(This article is edited by me because the original article says it's EgyptAir's 4th 777-300ER and it's their 3rd actually)

First look of the Egyptair's new 777-300ER at Boeing Paine field Seattle.

This great bird will be delivered to Egyptair in March. The new 777-300ER planes will have an all new Economy class and Business class with lie-flat beds. Personal entertainment systems will be available in all classes too.

People will experience a new Egyptair Long-haul service.

Egyptair, Enjoy the sky

Egyptair was founded in 1932 as Misr Airwork.

Egyptair is the fastest growing airline in Africa. Egyptair (Airline code: MS) Is member of the biggest airline alliance: Star Alliance. The home base of Egyptair is Cairo international Airport, Egypt. Egyptair operates their flights from the new and state-of-the-art Terminal 3 at Cairo Airport.


Egyptair wants to be an important connexion between Europe and Africa. Most of the Egyptair routes are going to Europe and Africa.

Egyptair Express is a regional airline of Egyptair. Egyptair Express operates domestic flights in Egypt  and International to Libya and Europe.

EgyptAir's Fleet

The EgyptAir fleet has an average age of 5.2 years and consists of the following aircraft (at October 2010):

EgyptAir Fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders (Options)	Passengers (First/Business/Economy)	Notes
Airbus A320-200	13	0	145 (0/16/129) 144 (0/10/134) 171 (0/0/171)	5 in the 145-seat configuration 7 in the 144-seat configuration 1 in the 171-seat configuration (operating domestic flights only)
Airbus A321-200	4	0	185 (0/10/175)
Airbus A330-200	7	0	268 (0/24/244)
Airbus A330-300	1	4 (3)	301 (0/36/265)	OnAir internet and mobile usage capability New business class featuring lie-flat beds. Economy cabins will be equipped with PTV Deliveries: 3 in Q1 2011 and 1 in Q1 2012
Airbus A340-200	3	0	260 (12/24/224)	Fleet to be gradually retired from "unknown" or they will stay with EgyptAir and get a retrofit with 777-300ER and A330-300 cabins.
Boeing 737-500	4	0	104 (0/8/96)	SU-GBK operates Air Sinai flights 2 aircraft leased to Sudan Airways between August–November 2010.
Boeing 737-800	14	6	160 (0/16/144) 144 (0/24/120)	4 in the 160-seat configuration (to be reconfigured to 144-seats from 2011) 8 in the 145-seat configuration Deliveries: 4x 2010 (from September 2010), 2x 2011 and 2x 2012 (by August 2012).
Boeing 777-200ER	5	0	319 (12/21/286)	3 aircraft to be retired in 2010
Boeing 777-300ER	3	3	346 (0/49/297)	Deliveries: 1x December 2010, 2x 2011 All aircraft leased from GECAS New business class featuring full lie-flat beds New economy cabins are equipped with PTV
Total	54	13 (3)		Last updated: October 2010

EgyptAir Express Fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders (Options)	Passengers (First/Business/Economy)	Notes
Embraer E-170	12		76 (0/0/76)	Operating for EgyptAir Express
Total	12			Last updated: October 2010

EgyptAir Cargo Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Orders (Options)	Cargo Capacity (Pounds/Lbs)	Remarks
Airbus A300B4-200F	2	0	96,000	Operating for EgyptAir Cargo Aircraft to be phased out in 2010
Airbus A300-600RF	2	0	97,000	Operating for EgyptAir Cargo
Total	4			Last updated: October 2010

The new A330-300's and 777-300ER's are getting new cabin interiors including Personal Audio and Video on Demand screens in Economy and Business Class. And fully Lie-flat business class seats.

The frequent flyer program of Egyptair is called: Egyptair Plus

Enjoy The Sky...

Egyptair Videos










EgyptAir Boeing 777-300ER Cabin Video

Egyptair photos

Egyptair Boeing 777-300ER

Egyptair Airbus A330-300

Egyptair Boeing 737-800

Egyptair Express E-170

Airbus A330-200 Business class seat.

Egyptair 737-800 Business Class

Boeing 737-800 Business Class Seat.

Egyptair 777-300ER Economy Cabin

Egyptair 777-300ER/A330-300 Business Class Seat

Egyptair 777-300ER Business Class

A330-200 cabin.

Boeing 737-800 Cabin