# Air Cairo

Air Cairo is an airline based in Cairo, Egypt. The airline is part owned by Egyptair. Air Cairo operates scheduled flights to the Middle East and Europe and also operates charter flights to Egypt from Europe on behalf of tour operators. Its bases are Cairo International Airport, Sharm El Sheikh International Airport and Hurghada International Airport with the company head office located in the Sheraton Heliopolis Zone.

## History

The airline was established in 2003. It is owned by Egyptair (60%) and 360 INVESTMENTS (40%).
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 Abdulaziz 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.
On 5 November 2018, it was reported that the German aviation authority had banned Air Cairo - along with FlyEgypt - from flying to Germany, where it operated on behalf of German tour operators, due to regulatory violations. Shortly afterward major European tour operators such as Thomas Cook Group and TUI Group announced they would end their contracts with Air Cairo and FlyEgypt. Germany lifted their ban on 21 December.
In March 2019, it was reported that the airline would be leasing Embraer 170 aircraft for operations on the airline's domestic routes within Egypt.
In March 2021, Air Cairo announced it was to make a major push into the German-speaking market, having signed a sales cooperation agreement with SunExpress to market and manage up to 30 flights per week to the Red Sea resort of Hurghada from 14 airports in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Under the agreement, SunExpress will take care of all flight planning, revenue management, and sales; with Air Cairo operating the flights. In the course of the partnership, SunExpress and Air Cairo planned to expand the venture to other airports outside of German-speaking countries, SunExpress said in a statement. Air Cairo Chairman and chief executive officer Hussein Sherif said the Benelux countries would be targeted next. The aim of the sales push was to boost tourism to Egypt to pre-COVID-19 levels.

## Destinations

As of August 2024, Air Cairo operates scheduled services - without leisure charters - to the following airports:
| Country | City | Airport | Notes |
| Albania | Tirana | Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza | |
| Armenia | Yerevan | Zvartnots International Airport | |
| Austria | Vienna | Vienna International Airport | |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka | Banja Luka International Airport | Seasonal |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Sarajevo International Airport | |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou | |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Václav Havel Airport Prague | |
| Denmark | Billund | Billund Airport | Terminated |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Airport | Terminated |
| Egypt | Abu Simbel | Abu Simbel Airport | |
| Egypt | Alexandria | Borg El Arab Airport | Base |
| Egypt | Assiut | Assiut Airport | |
| Egypt | Aswan | Aswan International Airport | |
| Egypt | Cairo | Cairo International Airport | Base |
| Egypt | El Dabaa | El Alamein International Airport | Seasonal |
| Egypt | Giza | Sphinx International Airport | |
| Egypt | Hurghada | Hurghada International Airport | Base |
| Egypt | Luxor | Luxor International Airport | |
| Egypt | Marsa Alam | Marsa Alam International Airport | |
| Egypt | Marsa Matruh | Marsa Matruh International Airport | |
| Egypt | Sakakah | Al Jouf Airport | |
| Egypt | Sharm El Sheikh | Sharm El Sheikh International Airport | Base |
| Egypt | Sohag | Sohag International Airport | |
| France | Lyon | Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport | Seasonal |
| France | Marseille | Marseille Provence Airport | Seasonal |
| France | Nantes | Nantes Atlantique Airport | Seasonal |
| France | Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Seasonal |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | Tbilisi International Airport | Terminated |
| Germany | Berlin | Berlin Brandenburg Airport | |
| Germany | Bremen | Bremen Airport | Terminated |
| Germany | Cologne/Bonn | Cologne Bonn Airport | |
| Germany | Dresden | Dresden Airport | Begins 31 March 2025 |
| Germany | Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf Airport | |
| Germany | Erfurt/Weimar | Erfurt–Weimar Airport | Begins 31 March 2025 |
| Germany | Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport | |
| Germany | Hamburg | Hamburg Airport | |
| Germany | Hannover | Hannover Airport | |
| Germany | Leipzig/Halle | Leipzig/Halle Airport | |
| Germany | Munich | Munich Airport | |
| Germany | Münster/Osnabrück | Münster Osnabrück Airport | |
| Germany | Nuremberg | Nuremberg Airport | |
| Germany | Stuttgart | Stuttgart Airport | |
| Hungary | Budapest | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport | |
| Italy | Bari | Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport | |
| Italy | Bergamo | Orio al Serio International Airport | Terminated |
| Italy | Bologna | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport | |
| Italy | Catania | Catania–Fontanarossa Airport | Seasonal |
| Italy | Milan | Milan Malpensa Airport | |
| Italy | Naples | Naples International Airport | |
| Italy | Rome | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | |
| Italy | Venice | Venice Marco Polo Airport | Terminated |
| Italy | Verona | Verona Villafranca Airport | Seasonal |
| Jordan | Amman | Queen Alia International Airport | |
| Jordan | Aqaba | King Hussein International Airport | Terminated |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | Almaty International Airport | |
| Kazakhstan | Aqtobe | Aliya Moldagulova International Airport | |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport | |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Kuwait International Airport | |
| Lebanon | Beirut | Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport | |
| Libya | Tripoli | Mitiga International Airport | |
| Morocco | Tangier | Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport | |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | Skopje International Airport | |
| Poland | Katowice | Katowice Airport | Terminated |
| Poland | Warsaw | Warsaw Chopin Airport | Terminated |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Lisbon Airport | |
| Qatar | Doha | Hamad International Airport | |
| Russia | Kazan | Ğabdulla Tuqay Kazan International Airport | |
| Russia | Moscow | Sheremetyevo International Airport | Seasonal |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | Pulkovo Airport | Seasonal |
| Russia | Tyumen | Roshchino Airport | Terminated |
| Russia | Ufa | Mustai Karim Ufa International Airport | |
| Russia | Yekaterinburg | Koltsovo Airport | Seasonal |
| Saudi Arabia | Abha | Abha International Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Al Jawf | Al Jouf Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Dammam | King Fahd International Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Gassim | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | King Abdulaziz International Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Jizan | King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Medina | Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | King Khalid International Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Tabuk | Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport | |
| Saudi Arabia | Yanbu | Prince Abdul Mohsin Bin Abdulaziz International Airport | |
| Senegal | Dakar | Blaise Diagne International Airport | Terminated |
| Serbia | Belgrade | Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | Bratislava Airport | |
| Spain | Bilbao | Bilbao Airport | |
| Spain | Málaga | Málaga Airport | |
| Spain | Valencia | Valencia Airport | |
| Switzerland | Zürich | Zurich Airport | |
| Switzerland France Germany | Basel Mulhouse Freiburg | EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg | |
| Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Airport | |
| Turkey | Istanbul | Sabiha Gökçen International Airport | |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Al Maktoum International Airport | |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Tashkent International Airport | |

### Codeshare agreements

Air Cairo has a codeshare agreement with the following airline:
* Egyptair
In addition, Air Cairo has a sales cooperation agreement with SunExpress to market and manage up to 30 flights per week to the Red Sea resort of Hurghada from 14 airports in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

## Fleet

As of January 2025, the Air Cairo fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Air Cairo fleet :
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers |
| Airbus A320-200 | 10 | — | 174 |
| Airbus A320neo | 18 | — | 186 |
| ATR 72-600 | 6 | — | 70 |
| Embraer 190 | 3 | — | 110 |
| Total | 37 | — | |