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2001
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WORLD AIRLINE ^^ ^^•^^i^ifc^^^ ' ^^^^^H ^M^ '^i^l^d_* »[»»»»• I : I I i i I — '•^M^SS^ u^^^^^S ^gafigg^g ™rjBfcM C u7!jijtT3i| rawj^^B l^u^J^S- ^HUh:^ fify. -JS« [MS] (MSR) Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Heliopolis, Egypt Tel+20 (2) 245 4400 Fax+20 (2) 3901557 SitaCAIZZMS E-mail advertising@egyptair.com.eg Website httpy/www.egyptair.com.eg Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Egypt Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Cairo, Air Sinai (100%), Shorouk Air (51 %) Alliances Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines Date established 7 June 1932 Date operations started July 1933 Description Egyptian flag-carrier operating scheduled services to more than 50 destinations in Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far East, Australia and the United States. A domestic network links 11 points, including all major tourist attractions. History Established in association with the Airwork Company underthe name of Misr Airwork. During the Second World War the Egyptian Government took charge of the airline, and its name was changed to Misr Air in 1949. In January 1961, Misr Air joined with Syrian Airways to form United Arab Airlines (UAA) as a result of new political links between Egypt and Syria, but this accord was short-lived and Misr Air pulled out. It retained the name for a short time until changed to Egyptair in October 1971. Employees total 18,000 Engineering staff 3,324 Flightcrew617 Cabin crew 1,854 Executives Chairman Mohammed Fahim Rayan VP Commercial Esaad Mandour VP Passenger Services Mohammed Shahin VP Ground Services Gamal Saleb VP Technical Division Magad El Masry VP Flight Operations Hassan Mesharafa VP Financial Kamal Zaki VP Legal Affairs Raouf Mahgoub Fleet 7 x Airbus A300-600R 2 x Airbus A300F4-200 7 x Airbus A320-200 4 x Airbus A321-200 4 x Airbus A340-200 1x Boeing 707-320C 1x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 4 x Boeing 737-500 2 x Boeing 747-300 Combi 1x Boeing 767-300ER 3 x Boeing 777-200ER Orders 5xAirbusA318 2 x Airbus A340-600 Main bases Cairo International Destinations (international scheduled) Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Addis Ababa, Aden, Al Ain, Aleppo, Algiers, Amman, Amsterdam, Asmara, Athens, Bahrain, Bangkok, Barcelona, Benghazi, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cape Town, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dammam, Dar-es-Salaam, Doha, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Entebbe/Kampala, Frankfurt, Gaza, Geneva, Hamburg, Harare, Istanbul, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kano, Karachi, Kharga, Khartoum, Kuwait, Larnaca, Los Angeles, Lisbon, London, Lagos, Madrid, Manchester, Manila, Marseille, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, Montreal, New York, Osaka, Paris, Ras al Khaimah, Riyadh, Rome, Sanaa, Sharjah, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienna, Zurich Destinations (domestic scheduled), Abu Simbel, Alexandria, Assiut, Aswan, Cairo, Dakhla Oasis, Hurghada, Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh, Taba UY) (ELY) EI-AI Head Office, Ben-Gurion Airport. PO Box 41. Tel Aviv. 70100. Israel Tel +972 (3) 971 6111 Fax +972 (3) 971 6040 Website http://www.elal.co.il Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger and cargo Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings North American Airlines (24.9%) Alliances Cyprus Airways, Delta Air Lines, Finnair, Iberia, LOT Polish Airlines, North American Airlines, Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, Sabena, Thai Airways International Date established 15 November 1948 Date operations started August 1949 Description Israeli flag-carrier operating international scheduled passenger flights to 50 destinations in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Middle East and the USA. All-cargo services are flown to destinations in Asia, Europe and the USA. History Established as the national flag-carrier of the newly established State of Israel, and officially began operations with a service from Tel Aviv to Rome and Paris, extended a year later to London. Non-stop Tel Aviv-New York services were introduced on 15 June 1961, when its Boeing 707 set the world record for the longest non stop commercial flight covering 5,760 statute miles in 9 hours, 33 minutes. In 1991, an El Al Boeing 747 airlifted 1,087 Ethiopian Jews out of Addis Ababa to Israel as part of Operation Solomon. El Al finally left the technical receivership it had been operating under since 1982, in February 1995. Privatisation plans have been postponed several times. Executives Chairman Board of Directors Joseph Ciechanover President David Hermesh General Manager North & Central America Michael Mayer VP Maintenance 8, Engineering Arie Fruchter Senior VP Finance Yoram Galon VP Commercial Uri Sirkis Sales Manager - Midwest Region Ariella Heller VP Personnel & Administration Reuven Virovnik VP Operations Benny Livne Fleet 2 x Boeing 737-700 3 x Boeing 737-800 3 x Boeing 747-200B 1 x Boeing 747-200C I • 2 x Boeing 747-200F ?, m 4 x Boeing 747-400 7 x Boeing 757-200 ;* 2 x Boeing 767-200 » 4 x Boeing 767-200ER 2 x Boeing 777-200ER Orders 1 x Boeing 777-200ER Main bases Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Destinations (international scheduled) Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, Athens, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing, Bergen, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Bucharest, Cairo, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dnepropetrovsk, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hanover, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kiev, Larnaca, Los Angeles, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manchester, Marseille, Miami, Milan, Minsk, Montreal, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Nairobi, New York, Odessa, Orlando, Paphos, Paris, Prague, Rome, Simferopol, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Tashkent, Toronto, Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich Destinations (domestic scheduled) Elat, Ovda, Tel Aviv Electra Airlines 187 Gounari Street, Athens, GH-16674, Greece Services charter, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders A Geroukali(1 %), K Kavadias(99%) Date established 2000 Date operations started 2000 Description Greek charter newcomer serving the Greek tourist market. History Created by K Kavadias for charter flights offering services in Greece as well as in other countries worldwide. Executives President Kavadias Fleet 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 [E6] (EFR) Zhukovsky-5, Zhukovsky Lnp, Moscow Region, 140160, Russia Tel +7 (095) 556 2358 Fax +7 (095) 253 9578 Telex 411066 MEDIA SU Services charter, international, domestic, passenger, cargo Date established 1991 Description Operates domestic scheduled flights from Moscow, together with cargo charters to Europe (including Amsterdam). Passenger/cargo charters in the CIS as well as VIP charters are also operated. 66 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 27 March - 2 April 2001
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