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This carrier provides charter services
between Europe and Egypt’s tourist destinations
of Aswan, Hurghada, Luxor and Sharm el Sheikh.
It also offers ad hoc domestic and international
charters.
CAIRO AVIATION
6A Mustafa Reffat Str, Sheraton, Cairo.
Tel: +20 2 2266 6458.
Email: info@cairoaviation.com
Executives: Hani El Ghamrawy (chairman); A
Waheed, (CEO).
Fleet: Two Tupolev Tu-204-120 and one Tu-204-
120C.
Cairo Aviation started operations in
November 1998 and operates charter flights
mainly to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. It
occasionally operates scheduled flights on behalf
of national carrier, EgyptAir.
EGYPTAIR
EgyptAir Complex Building, Cairo airport Road,
Cairo. Tel: +20 2 2267 4700.
Executives: H. Massoud (chairman); Alaa
Ashour (CEO).
Fleet: One Airbus A300B4, two Airbus A300B4-
600s, 13 A320-200, four A321-200s, seven
Airbus A330-200, one A330-300, three A340-
200s, four Boeing 737-500s, 16 B737-800, five
B777-300s, and four Boeing 777-300.
On order: Four Airbus A330-300s, four Boeing
737-800s, two B777-300s
EgyptAir operates scheduled passenger and
freight services to more than 70 destinations in
the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the
Americas. An extensive network of domestic
services is focused on Cairo.
EGYPTAIR EXPRESS
PO Box 11776, Cairo. Tel: +20 2 2697 3404.
Email: express@egyptair.com
Executives: Hilmy Rizk (chairman), Atef Ghith
(operations).
Fleet: Twelve Embraer ERJ-170-100LRs.
This regional airline is a subsidiary of
EgyptAir providing services to 12 destinations
within Egypt and to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia,
Hungary Italy and Malta.
EURO MEDITERRANEAN AIRLINES
2 Semenoud Street, Heliopolis-Cairo 11341.
Tel: +20 690 11 834.
Email: ashraf.lamlom@euromediterranean.eu
Executive: Ashraf Lamlom (CEO).
Fleet: One Boeing 757-200.
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This carrier operates charter services on an
international basis.
KORALBLUE AIRLINES
1/C Asmaa Fahmy-Ard El Golf, Nasr City, Cairo.
Tel: +20 22 415 7030.
Email: infos@flykoralblue.com
Executives: Adnane Hicheri (CEO); Sami Ayadi
(GM).
Fleet: Three Airbus A320-200s and one A319.
KoralBlue specialises in tourist charters
between Egypt and Europe, operating from
Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada as well as other
Egyptian international airports located in the Red
Sea area.
MIDWEST AIRLINES
5 El-Orouba Street, Heliopolis, Cairo.
Tel: +20 2 2314 5350.
Email: ch.office@mwestairlines.com
Executives: Abdelkader Freeed (chairman),
Ahmed El Hoda (GM).
Fleet: Three Boeing 737-800s with one on order.
It provides passenger and cargo charter
services throughout the Middle East.
NESMA AIRLINES
5 El Madina Street, Nesma Airlines Building.
El Nozha El Gedida, Cairo.
Tel: +20 2 2621 7591.
Email: info@nesmaairlines.com
Executives: M. Hammad (CEO); A. Lamloum
(MD).
Fleet: Two Airbus A320s. with plans to buy two
more.
This carrier’s planned international services
include destinations France, Germany, Italy,
Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic,
Ireland and Eastern Europe with plans to include
regular flights to Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan
and Iraq.
NILE AIR
8/Block 1140 Abdel Hamid Badawt St, Sheraton
Heliopolis, Cairo. Tel: +20 2 2696 8001.
Email: info@nileair.com
Executives: Abdullah Al Haidar (CEO),
Mohamad Al Dosouki (operations), Majed Al
Masri (GM).
Fleet: Two A320-200s and nine A321–200s on
order.
Nile Air launched its first scheduled services
in March 2011 with the introduction of flights to
Saudi Arabia.
Current destinations for scheduled services
include Alexandria, in Egypt, and Yanbu, Qassim
and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Other destinations
earmarked for future expansion will include those
in Europe and Middle East.
TRISTAR AIR
1 Sheraton Heliopolis, Building Block 1227,
Heliopolis, Cairo. Tel: +20 2 2267 5058.
Email: operations@tristarair.com
Executives: Alaa El Din Rahmy (president),
Magdy Louka (operations).
Fleet: One Airbus A300B4-200F.
Tristar Air is a cargo airline operating
scheduled services linking Cairo with Amsterdam,
Tripoli and Mitiga (the last two namedr on behalf
of Libyan Airlines and Libo Air Cargo) in addition
to cargo charter flights.
ERITREA
ERITREAN AIRLINES
PO Box 222, Asmara. Tel: +291 1 126 681.
Email: marketingeo@eritreanairlines.com.er
Executives: Kubrom Dafla (CEO), Gebre Berhan
(operations).
Fleet: One B767-200ER.
The national carrier of Eritrea operates
scheduled services from Asmara to Amsterdam,
Milan, Manchester, Frankfurt, and Dubai via
Jeddah, Nairobi and Entebbe.
NASAIR
PO Box 11915 Asmara. Tel: +291 1 200 700.
E-mail: asm@nasaireritrea.com
Fleet: One Airbus A320, and a Fokker, F50.
Flight routes include Asmara, Cairo, Dubai,
Jeddah, Khartoum and Nairobi.
ETHIOPIA
ABYSSINIAN FLIGHT SERVICES
PO Box 7716, Addis Ababa. Tel: +251 116 62 06.
E-mail: bookings@abyssinianflights.com
Executives: Capt. S. Gizaw (MD); Capt. Amare
Ghana (seputy MD); Capt. Amare Abay (flight
operations).
Fleet: This consists of three Cessna Grand
Caravans; a Cessna 206; two C172 TAEs; and a
Diamond DA40 TDI. On order: A Cessna 208B
Caravan, a Diamond DA42 NG, Bell 407
Helicopter and Beech King Air200.
Although operating only general aviation
aircraft, this airline has one of the most extensive
networks of any carrier in Africa with its domestic
destinations alone numbering 99.
Internationally it flies to Nairobi, Khartoum,
Juba, Djibouti and Hargessa in Somali.
Abyssinian Flight Services also provides
charter air services to tourists, development
agencies, investors and various humanitarian
organisations.
The carrier also has extensive experience in
the provision of emergency medical evacuation
from many remote airstrips in Ethiopia and cross
border elsewhere in the region.
AIR ETHIOPIA
Bole Medhanialem, New Bright Tower Building,
1st Fl, Addis Ababa.
Tel: +251 116 63 8778.
Email: airethiopia@ethionet.et
Fleet: One Beechcraft 1900C; one Beechcraft
1900B and one Cessna 208 Grand Caravan.
This airline provides schedule and charter
opertations for both passengers and cargo on a
domestic and regional basis from Addis Ababa.
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
PO Box 1755, Addis Ababa.
Tel: +251 11 517 8407.
E-mail: Publicrelations@ethiopianairlines.com
Executives: Tewolde G. Mariam, CEO); Gobena
Mikael (SVP/CCO); Samuel Assefa, (VP
Ethiopian Aviation Academy); Nega Mekonnen
(VP corporate finance); Desta Zeru (VP flight
operations).
Fleet: The current fleet consists of 47 aircraft,
namely: four Boeing 777-200LRs; 11 B767-300s;
eight B757-200s; two B757-260Fs; two Boeing
747Fs; two MD-11Fs; five B737-700NGs; five
B737-800Ws; and eight Bombardier Q400
NextGens.
Fleet on order (33 aircraft): 12 Airbus A350XWB-
900s; ten Boeing 787 Dreamliners; ten
B737-800s and one B777-200LR.
Ethiopian Airlines is the country’s flag carrier.
During the past more than 60 years, Ethiopian
has become one of the continent’s leading
carriers, unrivalled in Africa for efficiency and
operational success, turning profits for almost all
the years of its existence.
It commands a lion’s share of the pan African
network including the only daily east-west flight
across the continent.
Ethiopian serves 61 international and 17
domestic destinations.
In addition, it is working diligently to make the
Ethiopian Aviation Academy the leading aviation
academy in Africa. in a bid to stop the continentalwide
“brain drain.”