Air Cairo

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Air Cairo
IATA
MC
ICAO
MSC
Callsign
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Founded 2003
Hubs Cairo International Airport
Fleet size 5
Destinations
Parent company EgyptAir and Kato Group
Headquarters Cairo, Egypt
Key people Kamal Zaki (Chairman)
Website: http://www.aircairo-eg.com/

Air Cairo is a charter and low cost airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It operates inclusive tour flights to Egypt from Europe, Africa and Asia. Its main base is Cairo International Airport[1].

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[edit] History

The airline was established by Dr Ibrahim Kamel's Kato Group, in conjunction with a consortium of Egyptian travel agents. It started operations in 1997. In 2003 EgyptAir acquired 40% of the airline and the existing Tupolev fleet and operations were transferred to a new company, Cairo Aviation. Air Cairo was then re-positioned as a new low-cost Egyptair subsidiary operating domestic and international charter services[1].

[edit] Fleet

The Air Cairo fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2008)[1] :

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, pp. 53-54.