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Air Cairo

Air Cairo
Air Cairo logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
SM MSC Air Cairo
Founded 2003
Hubs Cairo International Airport
Fleet size 6
Destinations 27
Parent company EgyptAir
National Bank of Egypt
Bank Misr
Headquarters Cairo, Egypt
Key people Yasser Elramly (CEO)
Employees 198
Website flyaircairo.com

Air Cairo is a low fare airline based in Cairo, Egypt. The airline is the low fare subsidiary of EgyptAir which operates scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan in the middle east, and inclusive tour flights to Egypt from Europe. Its main base is Cairo International Airport with the company head office in the Sheraton Heliopolis Zone.

The airline was established in 2003. It is owned by EgyptAir (60%), the National Bank of Egypt (20%) and Bank Misr (20%).

Recently, the company is re-modeling towards the low fare model which is planned to be the strongest low fare airline in Egypt. On 1 June 2012 Air Cairo launched its first ever scheduled flight from Borg El Arab Airport Alexandria to Kuwait International Airport, Queen Alia International Airport, King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Tripoli International Airport, Sabha Airport, Misrata Airport and King Khaled International Airport. Air Cairo also launched its scheduled flights from Hurghada International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. But those flights were suspended in the end of December 2015 due to poor loads.

As of February 2017, the Air Cairo fleet consists of the following aircraft:


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