Egyptair Express

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Egyptair Express was a regional airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned Egyptair, established in 2006 to offer passengers increased frequencies on domestic and regional routes through the use of smaller aircraft.[2] The airline had been a member of Star Alliance, through the membership of its parent company, Egyptair, since July 2008. On 4 November 2019, it was merged with its parent Egyptair as part of a restructuring plan.[3][4]

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Egyptair Express
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MS MSE EGYPTAIR EXPRESS
Founded2006
Ceased operations4 November 2019
HeadquartersCairo, Egypt
Key peopleHelmi Rizq (Chairman)[1]
Websiteegyptair.com
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History

Egyptair Express was created in May 2006 and launched operations on 1 June 2007.[5]

In January 2018, it was announced that the airline would open a base at Sharm El Sheikh International Airport for its incoming fleet of Airbus A220-300s, this would increase the amount of destinations served by the airline at the airport with the possibility of operating to cities in Italy, Germany, Morocco and India non-stop.[6]

As of 4 November 2019, as part of Aviation Minister Air Marshal Younes Hamed's restructuring plan, Egyptair Express has been completely merged with Egyptair, its parent company.[3][4] It continued to operate the Embraer E170 which was gradually being sold at a rate of one per month, being replaced by the Airbus A220 operated by Egyptair mainline. It ceased operations in June 2020 after selling the last Embraer E170[7]

Corporate affairs

The key trends for Egyptair Express are shown below (as at year ending 30 June). Figures for the years ending 30 June 2011 and 2012 (*) were delayed because of disruption caused by the Egyptian Revolution in early 2011, and the figures themselves reflect the disruption that occurred.[8]

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Turnover (m) 334 525 706 636 628 796 801 841 958 1,414
Profits (m) 4 15 7 18 101 7 0.7 2 77 120
Number of passengers (m) 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1
Passenger load factor (%) 81 76 77 75 72 79 77 83 79 82
Number of aircraft (at year end) 6 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12
Number of routes (at year end) 11 14 20 25 20 22 24 20 20 20
Notes/sources [9] [9] [10] [11](*) (*) [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Destinations

Egyptair Express served the following destinations as of October 2019:[citation needed]

Historical fleet

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A retired Egyptair Express Embraer 170LR

As of November 2019, prior to the merger into its parent, the Egyptair Express fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[17]

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Embraer 170LR 2007 2019
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